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Settlements Rising

81% positive · 429 Steam reviews · released Jan 20, 2025 · by The Catalyst Crew

City BuilderColony SimStrategySimulationResource ManagementMedievalBuildingManagement

What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose

Lifetime units: ~14,157 (P10–P90: 5,663 – 31,145)

Gross revenue: ~$220,450 ($88,183 – $484,984)

Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate

Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model

Content & longevity78% positive · 36 mentions
“Settlements Rising is a city-building strategy game that wears its inspiration on its sleeve, namely Banished. If you’ve played that 2014 classic, you’ll feel right at home here. It trades the medieval realism of Banished for a slightly…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 5 h played
Gameplay & mechanics83% positive · 30 mentions
“It's a pretty nice medieval city builder. It took me around 22 hours to get my city to 500+ population and get 100% achievements in the game, which in my book counts as completing everything that the game has to offer. Personally I don't…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 22 h played
Visuals & audio87% positive · 30 mentions
“It's a pretty nice medieval city builder. It took me around 22 hours to get my city to 500+ population and get 100% achievements in the game, which in my book counts as completing everything that the game has to offer. Personally I don't…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 22 h played
Controls & UI72% positive · 29 mentions
“Settlements Rising is a city-building strategy game that wears its inspiration on its sleeve, namely Banished. If you’ve played that 2014 classic, you’ll feel right at home here. It trades the medieval realism of Banished for a slightly…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 5 h played
Difficulty & balance85% positive · 26 mentions
“Settlements Rising is a city-building strategy game that wears its inspiration on its sleeve, namely Banished. If you’ve played that 2014 classic, you’ll feel right at home here. It trades the medieval realism of Banished for a slightly…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 5 h played
Price & value83% positive · 23 mentions
“This game is fun. I was looking for something like Dawn of Man (great game) and this is sort of like it. I finished it really though, first time around. 16ish hours. So now its like, do it all again on hard for what? Not even achievements…”Recommended · Steam review · May 2025 · 18 h played
Performance & stability75% positive · 20 mentions
“Settlements Rising is a fun game and I really do not understand what others critisize... Yeah, it is not innovative for this genre but has some new stuff Banished does not have such as Trader Ships (not only the Traders coming in, but own…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2025 · 21 h played

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Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference

Art style

Stylized

Setting

Medieval

Structure

SandboxProceduralOpen world

Mood & themes

Relaxing

How you play together

Single-player

Platform features

AchievementsSteam Cloud

Business model

Buy to play

Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.

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