The Spatials: Galactology
Space colony management with tourism, trade, and planetary expeditions
Weird and Wry · Released Apr 18, 2018
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 69% of 253
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 6 years ago
- Mar 16, 2020
What is The Spatials: Galactology?
A single-player, 2.5D colony sim where you manage a station as humanity and its alien allies expand into a new region of space. You design rooms, assign staff, organize production and inventories, and build spaceships to explore a randomly generated galaxy, securing resources through trade or real-time combat.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing logistics, healthcare, and your workers' needs
- +you like customizing room layouts and assigning staff roles
Not for you if...
- −you want detailed tutorials rather than trial-and-error learning
- −you prefer exploration without ongoing colony upkeep
What players say
69% of 253 reviews are positive
Players praise the variety of management systems and the combination of station building with exploration. Recent reviews report resource-collection bugs and performance problems as stations grow, while other recurring complaints concern repetitive progression and uneven balance.
Screenshots and trailer
The Spatials: Galactology system requirements
Minimum: HD 3000, 4 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Spatials: Galactology?
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- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz+
- Graphics
- Intel HD 3000+ / AMD Radeon HD 4000+ / NVIDIA GeForce GT 200+
- Memory
- 4096 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- Notes
- Requires stable OpenGL 3.2 drivers with GLSL support
Does The Spatials: Galactology have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Spatials: Galactology run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 18
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Korean.
Does The Spatials: Galactology 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
- City Builder
- Colony Sim
- Base Building
- Management
- Sandbox
- Exploration
- Building
- Space
- Space Sim
- Strategy
- RPG
- 2.5D
- 2D
- Cute
- Isometric
- Simulation
Recent updates
- Mar 16, 2020 · Announcing NIMBY Rails | Galactology Version 3.13
- Dec 15, 2018 · Development update 2018-12-15
- Oct 29, 2018 · Development update 2018-10-29
- Aug 6, 2018 · Version 3.13 is now in the pretest branch!
- Jul 16, 2018 · Development update 2018-07-16
1 DLC available.