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Settlement Survival

Gleamer Studio · Team17 · 2022-10-24

SteamEpic Games Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 09, 2022 (Mac)

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Settlement Survival is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2022, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, priced at $19.99, and holds a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 8082 reviews).

250
playing now
85%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

250 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

In this ‘Banished’ inspired city-builder, lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Settlement Survival trailer thumbnail

Settlement Survival - Official Gameplay Trailer | gamescom 2022

≈423,105 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 250 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 307 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (915 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 16,607 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 162k–365k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,119 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $227.99 · on sale 97 of 98 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81081020212026Week of 2021-10-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2891052026-09-14 21:00 — 174 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 159 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 275 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 184 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 213 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 237 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 218 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 161 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 198 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 232 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 139 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 142 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 177 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 133 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 177 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 283 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 125 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 184 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 228 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 136 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 208 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 241 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 160 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 250 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k164Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 1,261 · peak 2,618Dec 2021 — avg 576 · peak 1,078Feb 2022 — avg 739 · peak 1,444Apr 2022 — avg 501 · peak 1,144Jun 2022 — avg 434 · peak 914Aug 2022 — avg 447 · peak 952Oct 2022 — avg 749 · peak 3,161Dec 2022 — avg 519 · peak 877Feb 2023 — avg 418 · peak 829Apr 2023 — avg 486 · peak 1,117Jun 2023 — avg 262 · peak 538Aug 2023 — avg 387 · peak 818Oct 2023 — avg 271 · peak 510Dec 2023 — avg 334 · peak 605Feb 2024 — avg 269 · peak 597Apr 2024 — avg 227 · peak 517Jun 2024 — avg 247 · peak 571Aug 2024 — avg 257 · peak 520Oct 2024 — avg 228 · peak 524Dec 2024 — avg 237 · peak 415Feb 2025 — avg 188 · peak 331Apr 2025 — avg 166 · peak 310Jun 2025 — avg 185 · peak 419Aug 2025 — avg 227 · peak 498Oct 2025 — avg 357 · peak 1,167Dec 2025 — avg 225 · peak 379Feb 2026 — avg 270 · peak 544Apr 2026 — avg 227 · peak 671Jun 2026 — avg 224 · peak 477Aug 2026 — avg 246 · peak 497
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$227.99$3.492021-10-112026-08-252021-10-11 — best price $13.492022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-04-22 — best price $11.992022-09-26 — best price $19.992023-01-23 — best price $14.992023-04-10 — best price $19.992023-07-31 — best price $13.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-05 — best price $19.992024-03-28 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $10.992024-08-05 — best price $19.992024-10-21 — best price $9.992024-12-09 — best price $9.992025-01-09 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-05-12 — best price $19.992025-09-19 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $18.822025-11-14 — best price $18.822025-11-22 — best price $9.282025-12-03 — best price $17.392026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-02-09 — best price $5.152026-03-09 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-06 — best price $18.392026-04-24 — best price $6.252026-05-14 — best price $5.832026-05-20 — best price $19.792026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-06-24 — best price $16.312026-07-10 — best price $5.002026-07-22 — best price $19.992026-07-31 — best price $3.802026-08-10 — best price $4.992026-08-17 — best price $17.472026-08-24 — best price $4.292026-08-25 — best price $4.50
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

202026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
64.4%
earned "Clear Road"
14.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Italian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-07-28, latest 2024-07-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,0511%51

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieSandboxBuildingMedievalStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementSimulationAgriculture

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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