Settlements Rising

Settlements Rising

Steam Deck Playable

The Catalyst Crew · City Builder · Jan 20, 2025

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

On sale at $12.34, but it has been as low as $9.49.

81%
Very Positive
432 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 8 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 186 sampled reviews

Based on 432 player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 186 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise50% are divided0% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The graphics are quite nice although some more animations in some of the buildings would be nice like villagers stumbling out the tavern for example.
16 of 186 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Besides building, you can defend from raids, you can go on exploration missions with ships (nothing fancy, you click and then there's a chance after a few minutes to succeed and get rewards), you can trade with about 7-8 other settlements via ship trading menu once you've discovered them.
9 of 186 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Opening up trading in the game definitely creates a better flow to the game and makes the balance better, but also makes it almost too easy after a while because you can just buy anything you need if you do enough missions.
8 of 186 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Graphics16 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Difficulty8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay12 reviews
92%
Combat9 reviews
89%
Crashes5 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest

Currently $12.34 (−35%). The lowest we've tracked is $9.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $12.34

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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