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V1.9.26 - June Frontier
Congratulations to trishen, Penkkimurheilija and Emmeraldyne for finishing top three in May's frontier! There's something a little different for June's frontier, just how well can you plan your colony expansion? Patch N…
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V1.9.25 - May Frontier
Congratulations to trishen, Fish and korelich for finishing top three in April's frontier! For May's frontier Golds Coins are the order of the day but there's a coal shortage... Patch Notes V1.9.25 May Frontier
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V1.9.24 - April Frontier
Congratulations to trishen, Solii and Fish for finishing top three in March's frontier! For April's frontier the chocolate monument is back! Only this time your robots are twice as greedy... Patch Notes V1.9.24 April Fr…
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V1.9.23 - March Frontier
Congratulations to trishen, Penkkimurheilija and Fish for finishing top three in February's frontier! In March's frontier it's mine, mine, mine... Patch Notes V1.9.23 March Frontier
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V1.9.22 - February Frontier
Patch Notes V1.9.22 February Frontier - Residences require milk instead of water
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V1.9.21.4 - Bugfix
Patch Notes V1.9.21.4 Fixed bug when that, loading a savegame which has an actively repairing watchtower, could cause various ongoing problems with that watchtower. Fixed expedition panel showing up on floating watchtow…
Patch notes2 changesFix - The Colonists
V1.9.21.2 - January Frontier
Patch Notes V1.9.21.2 Fixed L1 Surface Mine's requirements in January Frontier V1.9.21 January Frontier Customised camera hotkeys now work on the map too When replacing existing Orchard plots and Cocoa Bean plots no lon…
Event4 changesFixMaps - The Colonists
V1.9.20.1
Patch Notes V1.9.21 Fixed issue with December frontier where victory conditions weren't being checked upon snowbot being built Fixed some text references to trees in the snowbot builder building V1.9.20 December Frontie…
Patch notes12 changesFixMaps - The Colonists
V1.9.9 - Happy New Year!
Hi everyone, Happy New Year! 2024 was a big year for The Colonists with the release of the New Lands DLC, multiplayer mode as well as 12 frontiers (we're now up to over 50!). Frontiers will continue in 2025 bringing a d…
Patch notes8 changesFixGameplay - The Colonists
V1.9 - Multiplayer Co-op & PvP
Hi everyone, Multiplayer is here! This is a bit of a soft launch so there are a selection of co-op and PvP maps to play while I iron out any issues, made any further refinements made from player feedback and do a furthe…
Patch notes32 changesFixMaps - The Colonists
V1.8.0.19 & Multiplayer News
Multiplayer Beta Week Firstly, huge apologies, I've had to push back the release of multiplayer for a week to May 16, sorry to everyone looking forward to it. The good news though is that one of the reasons is the new m…
Event34 changesFixCompatibility - The Colonists
V1.8.0.12 Patch
Improved resource route calculations when boats and trains have routes covering several buildings Fixed edge case bug when using braided roads and two carrybots would pick up the same resource Fixed not being able to pl…
Announcement9 changesFixGameplay - The Colonists
V1.8.0.10 - Chocolate Monument in April Frontier, DLC Tweaks and Fixes
Hi everyone, April Frontier If you're new to The Colonists or haven't been back for a while, every month there's a new customised map to challenge yourself against. Try and complete the goal as quickly as you can and se…
Patch notes19 changesFixMaps - The Colonists
The Colonists: New Lands DLC is out now!
Hi everyone, I'm super happy to announce that the first expansion pack for The Colonists is now live! New Lands DLC New Lands brings new ways for your robots to move around the map and expand their colonies. Bridges can…
Store41 changesFixMaps - The Colonists
V1.6.9 - October Frontier & Sneak Peek
Hi everyone! October Frontier It's that time of your again and this year the pumpkin harvest is plentiful! For this month's Frontier map your bots have landed on a planet without Iron Ore, but luckily there's a high dem…
Event16 changesFixMaps - The Colonists
V1.6.7 - Multiplayer Beta & August Frontier
Hi everyone! Multiplayer Beta If you've always wanted to play The Colonists against your friends then good news, multiplayer is coming! There's a beta now available for anyone to try, just switch to the 'multiplayer' be…
Patch notes11 changesFixCompatibility
