Settler's Domain
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Settler's Domain

Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.

DEV: rickPUB: rickAppID 3396920
DEVELOPER POSTSevery ~18d·last 45d ago·7 recorded in 6 months

Is Settler's Domain still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

63.0
Weak

Elixir Rating

65.5% of 87 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 55.1. Nothing we would call a substantial update has landed in six months, but the developers were last heard 1 months ago — adding 7.9.

reception 55.1·support +7.9·Weak

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

Should you look into this?

From Steam's own record

Current price

$7.99$12.49−36%

Development

Slowing down

Last heard from developers

1 months ago

Historical posting rhythm

every ~18 days

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

3× normal

Posting has slowed: the developers usually appear every 18 days, and it has now been 45. We have not recorded a substantial update in six months; our record contains 7 developer posts. It is currently 36% below its usual price.

Last successful news check: Oct 1, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC. This is when we checked Steam, separate from when the developer last posted.

Two years of development

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12 announcements · 2 substantial · 17 months with nothing

Recent Transmissions

12 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsAug 23, 2026
Patch 1.01

Patching some impactful bugs that have been reported. ESC no longer hides initial Settler's Tent build (this was locking new worlds) Saving now attempts to write to a backup file first. This should prevent any crashes during saving from cor…

Community AnnouncementsAug 21, 2026
Settler's Domain is Available Now!

The game has been released!! WooooooThanks to anyone who picks up a copy, it's much appreciated!-rick

Community AnnouncementsAug 5, 2026
Demo De-activation

Demo Update I will be de-activating the Settler's Domain demo on August 14! That will be 1 week before the full release. If you want to try the demo, now's your time!! :D

Community AnnouncementsJul 25, 2026
Release Date Update!

Settler's Domain is now releasing on August 21! I realized that the 25th is opening night for gamescom, so it's probably not the best day to release. But hey, now you get the game 4 days earlier!! Woohoo!

Community AnnouncementsJul 1, 2026
Release Date Announcement!

After almost two years of development, Settler's Domain finally has a release date! On August 25, 2026, I'll be excited to share it with everyone!Check out the release date trailer:Mark your calendars! It'll be the best Tuesday you've had i…

Community AnnouncementsJun 24, 2026
Settler's Domain Closed Beta!!!

BIG NEWS!! I am starting to give out keys for the closed beta of Settler's Domain! The beta has all the intended content that the full release will have, but it's still very rough around the edges (it needs balancing, UX improvements, finis…

Community AnnouncementsMay 15, 2026
Settler's Domain Discord Server

Hey all! With some milestones coming up, I wanted a place where people can leave feedback and talk about the game! Feel free to join (:discord.gg/qFDtxMm57F

Community AnnouncementsMar 13, 2026
Update - Demo Build v0.3 and Working Toward Full Release

Demo build v0.3 is live!It's been a while! Almost a year since I've updated the demo, and over a year since the original demo release. Just crazy. Thanks all for your patience as it's just me working on this thing, and I only have so much t…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 22, 2025
Update - Demo Build v0.2

Demo build v0.2 is live! This update contains a decent amount of changes, which I'll do my best to outline below. As always, feedback encouraged! There's a feedback button in the game menu which links to a Google form. Feel free to post in …

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Community AnnouncementsMar 21, 2025
Playtest Signups Open Once Again!

Hey all! I just pushed a new build to the playtest, and I'm looking for some more testers before publishing to the public demo. There are a decent amount of new changes to check out! I posted version notes on the playtest page, so be sure t…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 25, 2025
Steam Next Fest

I streamed a quick run through of the demo for anyone visiting the page during next fest! There's some commentary and explanation throughout the video.

Community AnnouncementsFeb 7, 2025
Settler's Domain Playtest is Live!

The first iteration of testing has begun! This is an exciting time as the game has only ever been tested by a small pool of people (so there are likely many bugs). The game is in a basic state, but is playable and needs feedback as well as …