Settlements Rising

Medieval city builder with villager life cycles and enhancement cards

The Catalyst Crew · Released Jan 20, 2025

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 79% of 441
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 8; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 8 months ago; Feb 27, 2026
Minimum PC: GT 730; 4 GB RAM · 1 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Settlements Rising?

Settlements Rising is a single-player city-building and colony management simulation set in medieval times. You manage villagers’ jobs, limited resources, and production chains, and trade with merchants or neighboring villages. As your stockpiles grow, raiders attack, so you build defenses and pay villagers to serve as archers or swordsmen.

For you if...

+you prefer slow, steady town growth over fast action

Not for you if...

−you want a demanding survival challenge

What players say

79% of 441 reviews are positive

Players praise the attention to detail in village life. Common complaints focus on familiar mechanics and limited depth once the settlement is established.

Screenshots and trailer

Settlements Rising system requirements

Minimum: GT 730, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 2.4 GHz or Intel equivalent
Graphics: Nvidia GT 730 2GB | AMD Radeon 550 2GB
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Settlements Rising have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Settlements Rising run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 35
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish.

Does Settlements Rising use AI-generated content?

Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:

Out of a total of 12 music tracks, 9 were produced using AI. A total of 25 villager profile pictures were generated with AI. All languages except German, French, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Turkish were translated using AI. AI was used in the creation of the Steam capsule logo.

The statement mentions: ArtMusic & soundText & translationsStore page & marketing

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