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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.

The Colonists is a city builder, colony sim and automation game developed by Codebyfire and published by Mode 7.
Released on October 24th 2018 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 13 languages: English, French, German, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

It has received 1,161 reviews of which 995 were positive and 166 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.13€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Colonists into these genres:

City Builder Colony Sim Automation Building Economy Management Robots Survival Base-Building Sandbox PvP Strategy 3D Cute Relaxing Simulation Family Friendly Resource Management Co-op Multiplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

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

MacOS

OS: OSX 10.10 or higher (64bit)
Processor: 2x 6-Core Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz (Mac book pro circa 2016)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

Linux

OS: 64bit operating system
Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7770
Storage: 1 GB available space

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Feb. 2025

WARNING: if u start playing this game at night u wont stop till its daytime u can get lost in this game for hours

Jan. 2025

This game is adorable and wholesome in the best ways. The levels are quite the challenge as well. :)

Nov. 2024

This game is ok, it is much more of an idle game then I thought it would be. There is a lot of waiting to build up resources and waiting for research to complete to be able to do some of the more advanced things. There are some annoyances (like not being able to upgrade a harbour to the larger one, or the whole train system being absolute dog shit), but to be honest you can get around those by not using them. Overall it is an ok game, glad I did not buy the DLC, but was ok as a casual idle background game.

Nov. 2024

If I was to say I was obsessed with this game.. It wouldn't describe it. I am craving more and more content. I can't get enough! It's amazing that I can play multiplayer with my husband too. If you like building your 'colony/city' games, this is the game for you. The developers are also super helpful and interactive. 10/10 would recommend.

July 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☑ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☑ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☑ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☑ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

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The Colonists is currently priced at 22.99€ on Steam.

The Colonists is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 22.99€ on Steam.

The Colonists received 995 positive votes out of a total of 1,161 achieving a rating of 8.14.

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The Colonists was developed by Codebyfire and published by Mode 7.

The Colonists is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Colonists is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Colonists is playable and fully supported on Linux.

The Colonists offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

The Colonists offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

There are 2 DLCs available for The Colonists. Explore additional content available for The Colonists on Steam.

The Colonists is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

The Colonists does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Colonists 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.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Colonists.

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Codebyfire

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Mode 7

Release 24 Oct 2018

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