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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.

Mini Settlers is a 2025 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy title priced at $6.49, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 752 reviews).

16
playing now
80%
positive of 753 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.49
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 16 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 12% of 49,573 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 753 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

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 147 of 156 observed days · $5.90 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

3152026-09-15 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 23 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 16 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 30 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12710Aug 2024Aug 2026Aug 2024 — avg 127 · peak 420Sep 2024 — avg 54 · peak 135Oct 2024 — avg 25 · peak 57Nov 2024 — avg 23 · peak 70Dec 2024 — avg 20 · peak 43Jan 2025 — avg 20 · peak 56Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Mar 2025 — avg 18 · peak 42Apr 2025 — avg 13 · peak 32May 2025 — avg 108 · peak 524Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 60Jul 2025 — avg 34 · peak 103Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 47Sep 2025 — avg 17 · peak 40Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 38Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 40Dec 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38Jan 2026 — avg 20 · peak 40Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 23Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 47May 2026 — avg 72 · peak 170Jun 2026 — avg 52 · peak 121Jul 2026 — avg 26 · peak 57Aug 2026 — avg 23 · peak 51
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$4.712024-08-022026-10-142024-08-02 — best price $9.992024-09-07 — best price $9.992024-10-08 — best price $8.322024-11-05 — best price $8.982024-11-26 — best price $7.992024-12-13 — best price $7.992025-01-14 — best price $7.992025-01-31 — best price $6.992025-03-06 — best price $6.992025-03-27 — best price $6.282025-05-06 — best price $6.992025-06-18 — best price $6.492025-08-07 — best price $6.492025-09-25 — best price $6.492025-10-20 — best price $6.492025-11-20 — best price $6.992025-12-08 — best price $9.692026-01-08 — best price $9.692026-02-09 — best price $5.842026-03-08 — best price $9.992026-04-02 — best price $9.892026-05-02 — best price $8.412026-05-20 — best price $5.992026-06-06 — best price $5.052026-06-26 — best price $5.052026-07-23 — best price $5.002026-08-10 — best price $11.692026-08-24 — best price $4.712026-09-02 — best price $4.992026-09-10 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-26 — best price $4.992026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-12 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
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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