The Colonists
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| Developers | |
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| Codebyfire | |
| Publishers | |
| Mode 7 | |
| Engines | |
| Unity | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 24, 2018 |
| macOS (OS X) | June 3, 2019[1] |
| Linux | June 3, 2019[1] |
| Reception | |
| OpenCritic | 74 |
| IGDB | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Free-roaming camera |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Building, Strategy, Farming |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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The Colonists is a singleplayer and multiplayer free-roaming camera building, strategy and farming game.
General information
- Official Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| GOG.com | |
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| Steam | |
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Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| New Lands | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Codebyfire Ltd/The Colonists/prefs |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Codebyfire Ltd\The Colonists\SaveGames |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Codebyfire Ltd/The Colonists/SaveGames/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | Console version also available, PC release supports mouse and keyboard input only[2] |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
- Multiplayer was added with the 1.9 patch (May 21, 2024).[3]
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
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| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | Co-op, Versus |
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | Multicore with SSE2 instruction set support | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.10 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz 6-Core | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1 GB | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | ||||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-4690 AMD Ryzen 7 2700U | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 1 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 7770 | |||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Colonists - Mac and Linux Support Released! - Steam News - last accessed on 2021-02-24
- ↑ Verified by User:Gremolio on 2022-11-17
- ↑ The Colonists - V1.9 - Multiplayer Co-op & PvP - Steam News - last accessed on 2024-07-30