Microtopia: Prologue

Indie· Automation· Colony Sim· Base Building

Released Oct 2024

Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

94% positive · 133 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Microtopia: Prologue is a free standalone demo/preview version of the full game Microtopia, released on October 10, 2024. The store page clearly defines the prologue's fixed scope — 5 trail types, 11 buildings, 5 ant castes, and 2 islands across 2 biomes. The launch announcement describes this as a deliberately bounded experience designed to showcase the full game, with a direct call to action to wishlist the full Microtopia on a separate Steam page. There has been only one developer post since launch (the release announcement itself), and no updates, patches, or additional content have been communicated. As a prologue/demo product with explicitly defined and fully shipped content, this is a complete, self-contained release — not a game expected to receive ongoing updates of its own. Anyone waiting to play all available content can do so now.

Evidence

Launch announcement for the free Prologue, detailing its fixed content scope (5 trail types, 11 buildings, 5 ant castes, 2 islands). Links to the separate full game's Steam wishlist page, indicating the Prologue is a promotional demo for the main product.

news post · Oct 10, 2024 source content shipped

high

Store page explicitly labels and enumerates the prologue's content under a 'PROLOGUE CONTENT' heading, describing a fixed, bounded feature set — consistent with a complete demo release rather than an evolving product.

description source content shipped

high

Media

Details

Developer

Cordyceps Collective

Publisher

Goblinz Publishing

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Automation Colony Sim Base Building Resource Management Sandbox Crafting Simulation Building Moddable Exploration Indie Strategy City Builder Colorful Atmospheric

About this game

Microtopia: Prologue is a free version of Microtopia.
In this automation game, you'll manage a colony of robot ants, design a network of transport trails, explore unique environments and expand your settlement.
Your goal? To reproduce! Create young queens that will fly out during the nuptial flight to spread out to distant lands. Starting the cycle anew.