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Colonial Conquest cover art

Colonial Conquest

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

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Colonial Conquest is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2015, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 264 reviews).

2
playing now
63%
positive of 264 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 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
  • · 2 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 22% of 50,282 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.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 80 of 125 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

502026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
131Jul 2015Aug 2026Jul 2015 — avg 13 · peak 88Oct 2015 — avg 5 · peak 20Jan 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2018 — avg 5 · peak 26Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 94Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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 pageviews2026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 3 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 2 pageviews2026-09-04 — 2 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 0 pageviews2026-09-28 — 2 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 2 pageviews2026-10-10 — 5 pageviews2026-10-12 — 4 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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