Colonize
A no-combat colony builder about survival in the seventeenth-century New World
Rembrosoft · Published by Rembrosoft, CreativeForge Games S.A., PlayWay S.A. · Released Feb 4, 2026
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 41% of 210
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 3
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 2 weeks ago
- Oct 9, 2026
What is Colonize?
This single-player, top-down settlement builder has scenarios set in Roanoke, Plymouth, and Bermuda. You construct buildings, manage workers, gather materials, organize production chains, and trade goods with England while keeping settlers fed, sheltered, and supplied.
For you if...
- +you prefer slower-paced city building with straightforward management
- +you enjoy balancing resource production against your settlers' needs
Not for you if...
- −you want complex simulation systems and extensive building variety
What players say
41% of 210 reviews are positive
Players praise the relaxed pace and simple colony management, while others criticize the limited depth and variety. One player reports settlers dying despite available food and firewood, while another reports being unable to buy or sell goods.
Screenshots and trailer
Colonize system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 970, 4 GB RAM, 10 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Colonize?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-7100 3.9GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD RX 560
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-7500 @ 3.40GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 2070 or AMD RX 5700XT
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Colonize have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Colonize run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default configuration is not performant
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Slovak, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
Does Colonize use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Strategy
- RTS
- City Builder
- Colony Sim
- Life Sim
- Action RTS
- Exploration
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- 3D
- Realistic
- Top-Down
- Medieval
- Agriculture
- Dialogue Heavy
- Base Building
- Singleplayer
Recent updates
- Sep 3, 2026 · Colonize – QoL Updates
- Aug 18, 2026 · UI Scale HotFix
- Aug 12, 2026 · Colonize — v1.2.0 Update: Squanto’s Guidance, Smart Buildings & Major Fixes
- Jul 3, 2026 · Colonize 1.1.2
- Jul 1, 2026 · Colonize — v1.1.1