Sapiens
Prehistoric colony sim built around tribal management and discovery
Majic Jungle · Released Jul 26, 2022 · Early Access
IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 80% of 2,194
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Negative
- 30% of 33 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 10
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 11 months ago
- Oct 7, 2025
What is Sapiens?
In this Early Access colony sim, you guide a prehistoric tribe from basic tools toward more advanced technology in a procedurally generated world. Assign people to gather, hunt, farm, research, and build while managing their health and trading with other tribes. You can play alone or build with others in cooperative multiplayer.
For you if...
- +you enjoy gradual discoveries and a slow pace
- +you like managing individual tribe members and their tasks
- +you want cooperative building without fighting other players
Not for you if...
- −you want quick progress through new technology
- −you dislike assigning tasks to individual tribe members
- −you want competitive combat against other players
What players say
80% of 2,194 reviews are positive · 30% of 33 in the last 30 days
Players praise the small details of tribe life and the freedom to build creatively. Their most common complaint is that the Early Access game remains unfinished while development is on hold.
Screenshots and trailer
Sapiens system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 - 64 Bit
- Processor
- Multi core CPU
- Graphics
- GTX 970 or better
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- Notes
- Requires up to date graphics drivers
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 - 64 Bit
- Processor
- Multi core CPU
- Graphics
- GTX 1080 or better
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English.
Tags
- Early Access
- Colony Sim
- City Builder
- God Game
- Base Building
- Building
- Survival
- Crafting
- Management
- Life Sim
- Sandbox
- Simulation
- Strategy
- Moddable
- Open World
- 3D
Recent updates
- Oct 7, 2025 · Progress Update - Conflict
- Sep 14, 2025 · 0.6.1.2 - Bugfixes
- Aug 31, 2025 · 0.6.1: Foundation blocks and Vulkan fix
- Apr 15, 2025 · Sapiens 0.6 update out now!
- Aug 8, 2024 · 0.5.0.79 - Hotfix update
1 DLC available.
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