ACE and community mods keep it alive
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“MODs and ACE community have done an amazing job keeping the game fun and expansive.”
Steam review · 141.3 h played ↗
Stonehearth
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Radiant Entertainment2018Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 37 min ago
The verdict
A charming, cozy voxel colony builder with great building freedom, but abandoned, unfinished and badly optimized. Skip it if you want a polished, stable game with ongoing updates.
Great for
Cozy, creative builders who don't mind jank and will install the ACE mod
Main risk
Abandoned, unfinished game that lags, crashes or won't launch as your town grows
What players love
Cute art style and charming villagers
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the villagers are cute and develop in talents and levels, and there's even quality tiers for furniture.”
Steam review · 1266 h played ↗
Cozy, relaxing atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is so relaxing and wonderful to play.”
Steam review · 165.8 h played ↗
Creative building and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“you can customize and save everything from the roads and street lights, to warehouses and houses.”
Steam review · 112.1 h played ↗
Fun progression and colony-sim loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Every milestone feels like a challenge and makes me feel like I earned it.”
Steam review · 306.7 h played ↗
Co-op multiplayer
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“Enjoyed this with friends. Feels like a good game to play with an SO.”
Steam review · 121.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Abandoned by developers
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“It hasn't been updated in 8 years as of this review. It will not be updated again.”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗
Buggy, crashes and broken villager AI
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“many bugs that cause characters to get soft-locked into states of being unable to move or act and then they just starve to death in a hallway”
Steam review · 73.5 h played ↗
Unfinished with limited content
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“You can experience all the content within 5 hours.”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Poor performance and lag as town grows
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“A village of 20 or more will cause serious issues from freezing, to crashing, to generalized slowness.”
Steam review · 67.4 h played ↗
Broken Kickstarter promises
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Alternate Planes (of existence): NOPE. Cut from the game. Dwarves(playable race): NOPE. Cut from the game.”
Steam review · 132.8 h played ↗
Game won't launch on modern systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“it's abandonware that doesn't launch on Win11 x64 systems anymore without performing dark magic rituals.”
Steam review · 51.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8/8.1/10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
ProcessorIntel or AMD Dual-Core, 1.7 GHz+
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GT 430 512MB, Radeon HD 7570M, Intel HD 4000
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel or AMD Quad-Core, 2.8 GHz+
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce 780 or better, AMD Radeon RX 580 or better
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 7/8/8.1/10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
ProcessorIntel or AMD Dual-Core, 1.7 GHz+
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GeForce GT 430 512MB, Radeon HD 7570M, Intel HD 4000
Storage2 GB available space
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