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|release dates=  
 
|release dates=  
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 24, 2018}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|Windows|October 24, 2018}}
 +
{{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|June 3, 2019|ref=<ref name="osx linux release">{{Refurl|url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/677340/view/5156014950379327458|title=The Colonists - Mac and Linux Support Released! - Steam News|date=2021-02-24}}</ref>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/date|Linux|June 3, 2019|ref=<ref name="osx linux release"/>}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|the-colonists|}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|Opencritic|6836/the-colonists|74}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|the-colonists|80}}
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|taxonomy    =
 +
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | No microtransactions}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer}}
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|wikipedia    =  
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'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
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{{mm}} [https://discord.gg/thecolonists Official Discord server]
 
{{GOG.com links|1282350952|the_colonists}}
 
{{GOG.com links|1282350952|the_colonists}}
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/677340/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/677340/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | the_colonists | DRM-free |  |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| Epic Games Store | the-colonists | unknown | | | Windows }}
{{Availability/row| Steam | 677340 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
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{{Availability/row| GOG.com | the_colonists | DRM-free |  |  | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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{{Availability/row| Steam | 677340 | Steam |  |  | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
 
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==Video settings==
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|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
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==Input settings==
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==Input==
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|key remap notes          =  
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|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
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|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
 
|mouse sensitivity notes  =  
|mouse menu                = unknown
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|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = unknown
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|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
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|touchscreen              = unknown
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
 
|touchscreen notes        =  
|controller support        = unknown
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|controller support        = false
|controller support notes  =  
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|controller support notes  = Console version also available, PC release supports mouse and keyboard input only<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Gremolio|date=2022-11-17|comment=}}</ref>
 
|full controller          = unknown
 
|full controller          = unknown
 
|full controller notes    =  
 
|full controller notes    =  
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
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|separate volume          = true
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
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|surround sound          = unknown
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|interface = true
 
|interface = true
 
|audio    = n/a
 
|audio    = n/a
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|fan      =  
 
|fan      =  
 
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{{L10n/switch
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 +
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 +
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{{Network/Multiplayer
 
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|macos app notes        =  
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|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
  
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|minCPU  = Multicore with SSE2 instruction set support
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|minGPU  =  
 
|minGPU  =  
 
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|recOS    =  
 
|recOS    =  
 
|recCPU  =  
 
|recCPU  =  
|recRAM  =  
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|recHD    =  
 
|recHD    =  
 
|recGPU  =  
 
|recGPU  =  
 
|recDX    =  
 
|recDX    =  
 +
|notes    = {{ii}} A 64-bit operating system is required.
 +
}}
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{{System requirements
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{{References}}
 
{{References}}

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The Colonists
The Colonists cover
Developers
Codebyfire
Publishers
Mode 7
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
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Free-roaming camera
Controls Point and select
Genres Building, Strategy, RTS
The Colonists on HowLongToBeat
The Colonists on IGDB
The Colonists on MobyGames

General information

Official Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Codebyfire Ltd\The Colonists\SaveGames
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Console version also available, PC release supports mouse and keyboard input only[2]
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Multicore with SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 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)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.10
Processor (CPU) Intel Xeon 2.66 GHz 6-Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-4690
AMD Ryzen 7 2700U
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 560
AMD Radeon HD 7770
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Colonists - Mac and Linux Support Released! - Steam News - last accessed on 2021-02-24
  2. Verified by User:Gremolio on 2022-11-17