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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a choices matter, life sim and deckbuilding game developed by Northway Games and published by Finji.
Released on August 25th 2022 is available in English on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.

It has received 3,931 reviews of which 3,802 were positive and 129 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.87€ on Eneba.


The Steam community has classified I Was a Teenage Exocolonist into these genres:

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
  • Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Catalina 10.15+
  • Processor: Apple Silicon, x64 architecture with SSE2.
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, CentOS 7, and similar
  • Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable.
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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31 hours played
Aug. 2026
I know my review will be looked over since I've played it years late after it's come out, but I couldn't help myself. So I'm reviewing it anyways because this game sticks with you. It's been a few days after I've played it and I still can't get it out of my head. So I know I need to say something about it. lol. This game is a masterpiece at a choices matter type of game. I got it on a whim a months ago because it looked interesting. After I got it, I had someone say it was super sad, so then I held off from playing it for months. Honestly, that was the biggest mistake I make, because wow, just wow. This game not only breaks your heart and hurts, but it also gives you hope for the next life playthrough. I think the worst part is after you play it, your little brain will come up with its own scenarios of what-if's. XD (That might be a me thing). Then you play it again and pray you do something right and fix something so the timeline won't be broken. Pros- - The writing. The characters and story is really good. I could imagine mc as it's own character. So it wasn't me but another character interacting in the world. So even characters I didn't like, I sort of roleplayed as my character liking. (not me) - Yes, the game can be sad, but more in a broken hearted and stunned for 5 minutes because of a dire event type of sad. I was calling it Organ Trail in space to my friends while I was playing. Haha, I call this a pro since it can really shake you and make you work hard to achieve a better ending in the next playthrough. Also it feels realistic in a sci fi realistic way. Love that. <3 - Endings really hit hard. ദ്ദി╥ ᴗ ╥) It might be a few pages of writing but, oh my lord, I'm dying on the inside from the outcome from my choices. Sometimes for better, sometimes for the worst. - You can date all genders. (Men, women, non binary, other) You can also customize you character to be any gender and any body type with their gender. Really nice. - Each playthrough you can change change, gender, body, etc... so you aren't stuck as one body type through all your playthroughs. Cons- some of it can feel a little repetitive. (Dialogue/events/etc) There's no way to really avoid that. Overall, this game really is something special. I know after I got an ending I was happy with, I refused to touch it again because of how much it hurt to get an ending I didn't like or an event that could happen that would break me. Haha, call me soft, but it could really shock you to your core at points when you think that you've already hit rock bottom in the game. Don't worry, when you think that you've adverted a crisis, the game will make sure to show another emergency and claw into your heart when you think you have all the answers to a better future. As for favorite characters, I think all of them have their merits. There weren't any I was personally attached to until I finished my first playthrough. Then as I changed event outcomes, different characters lives, and learned more about them, the more I liked them. So now I'm a little in the air, since all of them have a different place in my heart after learning their secrets during the good and bad times.
88 hours played
April 2026
"I Was a Teenage Exocolonist" has drastically changed my life. I don't believe any other game I will ever play will hit the same or even nearly as hard as this game did. It is way more than just a hidden gem. I'm constantly searching for a game that feels even remotely the same, to no avail. It is genuinely one of a kind with the mechanics it effortlessly blends combined with the rich and beautiful art. Everything feels *intentional* with this game, and the characters it has brought into my life are characters I will never forget. Between my gameplay on my switch and on PC, I've gotten almost every ending. I have thousands of streams of the soundtrack on spotify. This is a game you can really sink your teeth into and expect to enjoy for hours on end. I still need to 100% it on steam and I look forward to finishing it every day. In many games I've played in the past, replaying feels like a chore. But not here. There's so many different ways to live your life- to interact with the children you grow up with, to build your character... My only complaint at all about Exocolonist is that this game doesn't have a bigger fanbase. If you like character building, exploration, rich story, deckbuilding, and very fleshed out characters- then please play this game. You won't regret it. I hope it can change other's lives like it changed mine.
46 hours played
April 2026
In a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you... - Sol, probably, trying to explain the constant dreaming about the perfect polycule that her, Dys and Sym could create.
45 hours played
Nov. 2025
I love it when my gay sci-fi life simulator card collecting game makes me feel emotions. 10/10 would be depressed again.
201 hours played
Nov. 2025
This game is an absolute masterpiece. I couldn't recommend it more. I hyperfixated on it from roughly early-November 2024-mid-January or so 2025, and even after the hyperfixation faded away, I still find myself coming back to it and posting about it. It changed who I was as a person and made me feel more prepared for the future. It has raised my standards for games in general. I have also started multiple essays on characters, and that helped me get into writing :D! Also fun fact: Because of the time period my hyperfixation was at it's peak (around Christmas), I now associate the taste of peppermint with the game. 10/10, worth every penny.

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Frequently Asked Questions

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.

No, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.

Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist received 3,802 positive votes out of a total of 3,931 achieving an impressive rating of 9.29.
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist was developed by Northway Games and published by Finji.

Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.

Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.

No, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist does not support VR.

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a single-player game.

Yes, there is a DLC available for I Was a Teenage Exocolonist. Explore additional content available for I Was a Teenage Exocolonist on Steam.

No, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Rating
9.3
3,802
129
Game modes
Features
Online players
61
Developer
Northway Games
Publisher
Finji
Release 25 Aug 2022
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