Indie · July 26, 2022

Sapiens (2022)

extension1 DLClocal_offer-20% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend2.0k recommendations
Guide your tribe. Build a civilization. Cultivate the world - together. In Sapiens , you start with nothing and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in single player, or team up with friends to construct sprawling cities and manage resources collectively in multiplayer. Choose Your Home Pick from thousands of procedurally generated environments across a map larger than Earth itself. Choose wisely, as each area has different climates, resources, and challenges. Finding the right place to begin your home is key to growing your civilization. Shape the world around you from the largest citadel to the smallest log, which can all be moved and placed at will. Play Together In multiplayer you can collaborate with friends to build major trading hubs, hospitals, and other large-scale builds that would be impossible to build alone. There’s no PVP, so relationships are based on cooperation and creating rather than destroying. Find Resources Find new resources and send your sapiens to investigate, leading to new breakthroughs that unlock new things to build and craft. Start with primitive materials and work your way up to using more advanced tools and techniques. Other tribes can also be a resource as they focus their skills on one of four different trades, including rock tools, bread, pottery, and bronze. Lead Your People Instruct individual sapiens to focus on specific tasks, such as research, planting crops, gathering materials, building, hunting, cooking, and more. Watch as they learn new skills, making them more valuable to your tribe. Manage their moods, health, and support their growing families. Expand Your Reach Trade across the globe with ease with tools like Sleds. Send sapiens over long distances and establish camps to gather far away resources. Explore over great distances by deploying a team of sapiens, or conduct a hunting mission to gather resources. Players can also grow their standing in other tribes for even more benefits in trading. Sapiens features extensive mod support through Steam Workshop.

Indie releases from 2022

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Early Access · 205
  • Colony Sim · 186
  • City Builder · 184
  • God Game · 181
  • Base-Building · 168
  • Building · 153
  • Survival · 150
  • Crafting · 146
  • Management · 141
  • Life Sim · 134
  • Sandbox · 125
  • Simulation · 122
  • Strategy · 121
  • Moddable · 118
  • Open World · 115

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.0k Steam reviewsTop 96% in Indie
Positive rating84% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 70%
Engagement hours12 h averageTop 51% for session depth among Indie

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“After playing the demo for a few hours, there’s a good chance I’m going to sink a lot of hours into this one.” The Gamer

Reception Metrics

Steam community

84%Mostly Positive · 2.0k reviews

1.7k positive · 322 negative

Curator recommendations

2.0k

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 26, 2022
DeveloperMajic Jungle
Base price$19.99 -20%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

12h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

Editions & Packages

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