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The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 30 Oct, 19:03 UTC | 197 |
| 29 Oct, 19:01 UTC | 202 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchOctober 2014 | 31 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onJanuary 2015 | 26 | 83% | Holds players well (better than 92% of 9,121 other games) |
| 12 months onOctober 2015 | 35 | 1.1× | Holds players well (better than 95% of 7,653 other games) |
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic) kept 83% of the average players it had at its launch in October 2014 after 3 months and 1.1× after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 19 Oct) | 203 | +49 | +32% | 266 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 153 | −5 | −3% | 262 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 158 | +1 | +0.3% | 264 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 158 | +11 | +7.7% | 288 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 146 | −12 | −7.8% | 247 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 159 | +6 | +3.9% | 276 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 153 | −3 | −1.9% | 256 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 156 | −4 | −2.3% | 275 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 159 | −6 | −3.6% | 282 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 165 | +10 | +6.1% | 303 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 156 | −6 | −3.6% | 280 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 161 | +2 | +1.2% | 264 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 159 | +2 | +1.6% | 289 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 157 | +1 | +0.7% | 276 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 156 | +2 | +1.3% | 269 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 154 | +1 | +0.9% | 258 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 153 | −7 | −4.7% | 258 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 160 | +2 | +1.1% | 283 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 158 | −3 | −1.7% | 285 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 161 | −7 | −4% | 282 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 168 | −1 | −0.9% | 302 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 169 | +9 | +5.4% | 316 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 161 | +9 | +5.9% | 277 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 152 | +1 | +0.6% | 260 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 151 | 0 | +0.1% | 272 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 151 | +11 | +8% | 267 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 140 | −5 | −3.5% | 244 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 145 | +11 | +8.4% | 257 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 133 | +3 | +2.2% | 241 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 130 | +1 | +1.1% | 224 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 129 | −11 | −8.1% | 225 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 140 | −5 | −3.7% | 255 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 146 | −1 | −0.7% | 250 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 147 | 0 | +0.3% | 255 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 146 | +5 | +3.7% | 250 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 141 | +8 | +6.1% | 247 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 133 | +6 | +5.1% | 231 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 127 | +3 | +2.5% | 220 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 124 | −1 | −1.1% | 213 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 125 | +10 | +8.9% | 220 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 115 | −3 | −2.7% | 198 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 118 | −6 | −5.1% | 200 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 124 | −4 | −2.9% | 210 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 128 | 0 | 0% | 236 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 128 | +2 | +1.7% | 239 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 126 | −1 | −0.5% | 234 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 126 | +7 | +5.7% | 221 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 120 | +2 | +1.5% | 211 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 118 | 0 | −0.4% | 213 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 118 | +1 | +0.5% | 213 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 118 | 0 | +0.1% | 205 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 118 | +4 | +3.7% | 196 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 113 | −1 | −0.7% | 192 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 114 | −10 | −7.9% | 198 |
| April 2022Apr 2022 | 124 | +3 | +2.4% | 219 |
| March 2022Mar 2022 | 121 | +4 | +3.1% | 210 |
| February 2022Feb 2022 | 117 | −5 | −4.3% | 220 |
| January 2022Jan 2022 | 123 | +9 | +8% | 215 |
| December 2021Dec 2021 | 114 | −2 | −2% | 203 |
| November 2021Nov 2021 | 116 | +9 | +8.3% | 198 |
| October 2021Oct 2021 | 107 | −6 | −5% | 194 |
| September 2021Sept 2021 | 113 | −1 | −0.8% | 186 |
| August 2021Aug 2021 | 113 | +1 | +1.2% | 199 |
| July 2021Jul 2021 | 112 | +13 | +12.6% | 192 |
| June 2021Jun 2021 | 100 | −6 | −5.5% | 174 |
| May 2021May 2021 | 105 | −5 | −4.3% | 179 |
| April 2021Apr 2021 | 110 | 0 | −0.1% | 195 |
| March 2021Mar 2021 | 110 | −7 | −6.1% | 216 |
| February 2021Feb 2021 | 117 | −6 | −5.1% | 215 |
| January 2021Jan 2021 | 124 | +5 | +4.4% | 223 |
| December 2020Dec 2020 | 118 | +7 | +6.6% | 217 |
| November 2020Nov 2020 | 111 | +5 | +4.5% | 204 |
| October 2020Oct 2020 | 106 | +4 | +3.5% | 194 |
| September 2020Sept 2020 | 103 | 0 | −0.3% | 177 |
| August 2020Aug 2020 | 103 | +1 | +1.2% | 192 |
| July 2020Jul 2020 | 102 | −6 | −5.3% | 171 |
| June 2020Jun 2020 | 107 | −12 | −9.8% | 181 |
| May 2020May 2020 | 119 | −5 | −4.1% | 203 |
| April 2020Apr 2020 | 124 | +14 | +12.3% | 216 |
| March 2020Mar 2020 | 111 | +16 | +16.4% | 232 |
| February 2020Feb 2020 | 95 | +8 | +9.5% | 175 |
| January 2020Jan 2020 | 87 | −3 | −3.7% | 161 |
| December 2019Dec 2019 | 90 | −1 | −1.6% | 167 |
| November 2019Nov 2019 | 92 | +4 | +3.9% | 165 |
| October 2019Oct 2019 | 88 | −6 | −6.4% | 161 |
| September 2019Sept 2019 | 94 | +6 | +6.4% | 174 |
| August 2019Aug 2019 | 88 | +6 | +6.7% | 157 |
| July 2019Jul 2019 | 83 | 0 | +0.1% | 147 |
| June 2019Jun 2019 | 83 | +2 | +1.9% | 147 |
| May 2019May 2019 | 81 | 0 | −0.4% | 145 |
| April 2019Apr 2019 | 82 | −1 | −1.1% | 155 |
| March 2019Mar 2019 | 83 | −3 | −3% | 155 |
| February 2019Feb 2019 | 85 | +3 | +4.2% | 155 |
| January 2019Jan 2019 | 82 | 0 | −0.3% | 155 |
| December 2018Dec 2018 | 82 | +4 | +5.5% | 147 |
| November 2018Nov 2018 | 78 | +4 | +4.8% | 147 |
| October 2018Oct 2018 | 74 | +4 | +5.1% | 141 |
| September 2018Sept 2018 | 71 | +3 | +4.9% | 132 |
| August 2018Aug 2018 | 67 | −2 | −3.2% | 136 |
| July 2018Jul 2018 | 69 | +7 | +11.6% | 140 |
| June 2018Jun 2018 | 62 | −1 | −1.6% | 126 |
| May 2018May 2018 | 63 | −6 | −8.2% | 128 |
| April 2018Apr 2018 | 69 | −7 | −8.8% | 136 |
| March 2018Mar 2018 | 75 | −4 | −5.1% | 142 |
| February 2018Feb 2018 | 80 | +10 | +14.5% | 146 |
| January 2018Jan 2018 | 69 | +6 | +10% | 134 |
| December 2017Dec 2017 | 63 | 0 | +0.2% | 129 |
| November 2017Nov 2017 | 63 | +3 | +4.6% | 114 |
| October 2017Oct 2017 | 60 | +4 | +6.5% | 127 |
| September 2017Sept 2017 | 57 | +3 | +5.3% | 129 |
| August 2017Aug 2017 | 54 | 0 | +0.3% | 106 |
| July 2017Jul 2017 | 54 | +1 | +0.9% | 121 |
| June 2017Jun 2017 | 53 | +2 | +4.2% | 106 |
| May 2017May 2017 | 51 | +1 | +1.7% | 107 |
| April 2017Apr 2017 | 50 | −8 | −13.1% | 107 |
| March 2017Mar 2017 | 58 | −24 | −29.1% | 123 |
| February 2017Feb 2017 | 81 | +31 | +62% | 177 |
| January 2017Jan 2017 | 50 | +5 | +11.2% | 110 |
| December 2016Dec 2016 | 45 | +1 | +2.5% | 86 |
| November 2016Nov 2016 | 44 | −4 | −8.3% | 89 |
| October 2016Oct 2016 | 48 | +9 | +23% | 105 |
| September 2016Sept 2016 | 39 | +2 | +5.5% | 90 |
| August 2016Aug 2016 | 37 | 0 | −0.5% | 74 |
| July 2016Jul 2016 | 37 | +3 | +7.2% | 74 |
| June 2016Jun 2016 | 35 | −1 | −2% | 71 |
| May 2016May 2016 | 35 | 0 | +1% | 80 |
| April 2016Apr 2016 | 35 | +3 | +9.3% | 84 |
| March 2016Mar 2016 | 32 | −4 | −10.4% | 72 |
| February 2016Feb 2016 | 36 | 0 | +0.4% | 87 |
| January 2016Jan 2016 | 36 | +5 | +17.3% | 77 |
| December 2015Dec 2015 | 30 | −1 | −4.3% | 71 |
| November 2015Nov 2015 | 32 | −4 | −10.2% | 70 |
| October 2015Oct 2015 | 35 | +12 | +51% | 108 |
| September 2015Sept 2015 | 23 | +1 | +3.8% | 54 |
| August 2015Aug 2015 | 23 | +1 | +5.3% | 51 |
| July 2015Jul 2015 | 21 | −4 | −17.4% | 49 |
| June 2015Jun 2015 | 26 | +3 | +13.7% | 65 |
| May 2015May 2015 | 23 | −3 | −12.7% | 50 |
| April 2015Apr 2015 | 26 | +7 | +36.8% | 67 |
| March 2015Mar 2015 | 19 | −3 | −14.9% | 46 |
| February 2015Feb 2015 | 22 | −3 | −13.4% | 55 |
| January 2015Jan 2015 | 26 | +3 | +11.2% | 57 |
| December 2014Dec 2014 | 23 | +9 | +62.6% | 70 |
| November 2014Nov 2014 | 14 | −17 | −53.9% | 35 |
| October 2014Oct 2014 | 31 | — | — | 119 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.