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Mini Settlers

Knight Owl Games · Goblinz Publishing · 2025-05-06

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 06, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

42
playing now
81%
positive of 741 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.49
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 71% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 741 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.95-50%
GOG$4.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.09 at Fanatical (2026-08-03) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 113 of 122 observed days · $0.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13713720242026Week of 2024-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

44242026-08-25 20:00 — 44 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 24 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 30 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 31 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 34 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$4.712024-08-022026-08-302024-08-02 — best price $9.992024-08-16 — best price $8.982024-09-25 — best price $7.992024-10-17 — best price $9.992024-11-05 — best price $8.982024-11-22 — best price $6.092024-12-03 — best price $9.492024-12-29 — best price $7.992025-01-14 — best price $7.992025-01-29 — best price $12.992025-02-21 — best price $9.992025-03-11 — best price $6.992025-03-27 — best price $6.282025-04-14 — best price $8.992025-06-03 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $12.992025-08-07 — best price $6.492025-09-17 — best price $9.692025-10-07 — best price $6.442025-11-06 — best price $6.492025-11-20 — best price $6.992025-12-04 — best price $6.392025-12-18 — best price $5.842026-01-12 — best price $6.492026-02-09 — best price $5.842026-02-28 — best price $6.492026-03-20 — best price $6.492026-04-16 — best price $4.992026-05-02 — best price $8.412026-05-18 — best price $9.992026-06-01 — best price $9.992026-06-11 — best price $6.502026-06-26 — best price $5.052026-07-20 — best price $12.992026-08-01 — best price $8.422026-08-12 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $4.712026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
68.5%
earned "Getting Settled!"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave Anytime

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2480%67

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

Player tags

CasualFarmingSandboxBuildingStrategyReal-TimeAutomationColony SimManagementMinimalist

Census log

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

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