Steam app 2843640 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 22:01 UTC
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
375 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
22 months, December 2024 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 200 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 175 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Idle Colony was released on 16 Dec, 2024.
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19 achievements in total.
24 developer announcements, Apr 2024 to Oct 2025 · times in UTC
This update fixes the broken UI that appeared when switching to Japanese or Chinese.The problem was caused by the font atlas exceeding 16,384 pixels, a size not supported by many GPUs. The atlas is now capped at 16,384 pixels, meaning…
Patch notesYou asked for it, here it is. The game is now available in the following languages:Simplified ChineseJapaneseGermanBrazilian PortugeseFrenchI've also fixed a couple bugs:Fixed bug where lumberjacks would cut sapling that is not the lowest…
FaithBug fixing continues! Thanks for your reports. Queen bees from flowered trees will now prevent the lumberjacks from cutting their trees. Achievement 1024^2 + 0 now works even if you create multiple Mega Colonists at once. The run timer is…
Patch notesQuick patch, mainly to fix a broken feature. "We Don't Need Tower" No longer prevent from disabling the construction of towers. Fertilizer should no longer be able to jump from the ground to a fully fertilized sapling. Moles income rate is…
Patch notesSummary I've fixed the freezing issue that was getting worse over time played. Other bug fixes Quality of life improvements Gameplay balance according to your feedback Bug Fixes Fixed the worsening freezes over time. Coming back to the tech…
Patch notesI keep working on bugs! Lumberjacks/Engineers should no longer circle in the middle of the map: this happened if they had targeted an unreachable tree. Trees will no longer spawn in unreachable areas of the map. Flowered trees no longer…
Patch notesMainly fixing a couple small bugs: Fixed bug where mole underground would level up flowered tree changing the flower sprite into fruits. Fixed bug that prevent from unlocking the the house technology when winning the game. Reduced the…
Patch notesThis small patch fixes minor issues that have been frequently reported. Thanks for your feedback! Auto-Flowering is no longer automatically set to 1 when the Flower Spawn Rate is high enough to get the combo all the time. Because most of…
Patch notesDear friends, What an amazing ride 2024 has been. I hope you had a great year. I started Idle Colony in February, and I couldn't imagine that 10 months later, it would be the successful release it is today. And it all started as a…
FaithDear friends, We're getting closer and closer to the release date. I'm happy to announce that I will be shipping in time. I'd like to present you a new trailer for the game, (the release date is at the end of it): You can now have access to…
FaithDear friends. Because images are better than words, I'm happy to share with you this very short video about everything I've been working on during the last month. NOW WITH A GOOD MICROPHONE OMGGG Here's the points we go across during this…
FaithDear friends, I'm making good progress on the development. I've been lucky enough to find a place to live for the summer and I'm working full time on Idle Colony. I've got a strong deadline for releasing the game this year and I have a…
FaithThis small update fix some concerning bugs and bring some gameplay balance with the goal of providing a less frustrating experience on a couple points. It should also make the pace of the demo a bit faster. There will be less frequent…
Patch notesGiven your feedback, some things aren't easy to understand, and many of you don't like the upgrade pannel on the left by default. My goal with this update is to make the ui clearer, and the prestige goals more intuitive. As always, your…
Patch notesThe hint "Left click to create path" won't appear unless you have the technology unlocked The main menu button "New Game" will now actually reset all of your progression, with a double security check. You can now prestige without any…
Patch notesThis update focus on artistic choices and quality of life improvements. In theory it should be compatible with your save files, but I cannot guarantee it a 100%. Let me know if you had any issues. Because I splitted some tech into multiple…
FaithDear friends, First I just wanted to say thank you. You've been more than 9000 people to play Idle Colony demo in less than two weeks. It's not been two months since the Steam Page opened and you're already 5500 to have wishlisted the game!…
FaithThis is a small patch about important issues that I couldn't leave pending until the next update. Fixed the crash when resizing the upgrade window. This is a temporary solution as this makes the scrolling area move the tabs with the…
Patch notesHey folks, Come have chat today and ask me anything you'd like to know about Idle Colony and it's development. While answering your questions, I'll be making a goofy attempt at speedrunning the game. See you at 9pm CEST (12pm PST)
FaithI'm adressing some of the issues you have been reporting to me: Quality of life / UX Tech tree open after prestige Tutorial font size increased Some popup font size increased WIP popup no longer in front of main menu Feedback request…
Patch notesDear friends, After one month of intense work, I'm so glad to share with you this huge milestone. The Idle Colony Demo is now live, and will remain playable for free until the game is released! It contains approximately 50% of the features…
FaithDear Friends, You've been more than 1800 playing the Idle Colony playtest over the last week. I never had that many people playing one of my game. This makes me feel very grateful. I received over 400 feedbacks, that are critical to me for…
FaithDear Friends, Today is a big day! After 3 intense months of tireless work, we are entering a very crucial part of game development: playtesting. From now to the 10th of May, you can request a playtest access from the Steam Page Your mission…
FaithDear Friends, Welcome to my brand new Steam page. Allow me to introduce myself and my project. I'm Faith, the solo developer and artist behind Idle Colony, you might know me from my previous games Duck's Despair and Breakthrough. It's been…
FaithEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Idle Colony - Supporter pack | Windows | 16 Dec 2024 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | IdleColony.exe | any |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocalLow | IdleColony/ | *.idlecolony |
WinAppDataLocalLow | IdleColony/ | *.config |
WinAppDataLocalLow | IdleColony/ | *.json |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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