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Colonial Conquest cover art

Colonial Conquest

Argonauts Interactive · Plug In Digital · 2015-07-28

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 01, 1986 (Apple II), Aug 06, 1985 (Atari 8-bit), Jun 02, 1987 (Atari ST/STE), Aug 06, 1985 (Commodore C64/128/MAX), Nov 21, 1989 (PC-9800 Series)

Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.

4
playing now
63%
positive of 264 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Colonial Conquest is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Strategic Simulations and released in 1985 for the Atari 8-bit computers and Commodore 64, followed by the Apple II in 1986. Ports by Andromeda Software were released for the Atari ST in 1987 and PC-98 in 1989.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 46% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 264 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.00-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 93 of 148 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820152026Week of 2015-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-12 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.19$0.792015-07-282026-08-222015-07-28 — best price $8.992016-01-05 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-03-28 — best price $9.992017-07-31 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $3.992018-09-29 — best price $11.192019-04-26 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-02-04 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — best price $9.992020-07-07 — best price $9.992020-09-01 — best price $8.892020-10-19 — best price $8.892020-12-04 — best price $9.992021-01-21 — best price $9.992021-03-12 — best price $9.992021-04-28 — best price $9.992021-06-21 — best price $4.492021-11-22 — best price $4.002022-01-23 — best price $9.992022-07-09 — best price $9.992022-12-19 — best price $2.002023-03-14 — best price $7.862023-06-09 — best price $1.492023-08-25 — best price $2.492023-11-27 — best price $9.992024-02-21 — best price $9.992024-05-14 — best price $2.502024-08-26 — best price $1.992024-12-02 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $0.802025-07-01 — best price $0.792025-09-11 — best price $0.852025-11-29 — best price $8.892026-02-12 — best price $0.852026-04-27 — best price $7.862026-07-09 — best price $0.992026-08-22 — best price $1.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-27 — 4 pageviews2026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 4 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 2 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 0 pageviews2026-07-23 — 3 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 0 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
53.3%
earned "Junior General"
10.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18113%40

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvEPvPIndieRemakeWargameStrategyHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedCrowdfunded

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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