2026-04-19 18:50 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Good news everyone! The Earth Appreciation Fest is online and Imagine Earth is on sale big time! 70 % off like never before! Get it now if you haven't already ;D20 % of net income from this sale is donated to Cool Earth an organisation that preserves forests all arround the world!Transformations DLC is almost readyHere are the major features you can expect from the DLC in the brand new announcement trailer. Stay tuned as we're finishing up the last details of the next DLC for Imagine Earth called Transformations:Transformation DLC FeaturesThe DLC features a campaign in which you are part of a
2026-01-25 20:23 UTC · Community Announcements · SeriousMartin
Overlay of reconstruction and demolition at destroyed city centerClear message for reconstruction of destroyed citiesForests should grow back immediately after pollution has been removedSandbox: Remember tool sizeUpgrade city districts, must be added to the drones' to-do list above cleaning and recyclingNavigator: Quests are not activated correctlyTool ring opens in the wrong place after cutscene
2026-01-17 16:52 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Good news everyone, Indiecade Festival has started and Imagine Earth is part of it! Please enjoy and recommend 65% discount and stay warm through out winter! We wish you a fresh start into 2026 and that things will be more relaxed and deescalating overall. Let's hope for the best..
2026-01-13 21:12 UTC · Community Announcements · SeriousMartin
Few fixes:finally got rid of random crash that was experienced by ~10% of our players with the latest versionfixed "scientist" research achievement not being unlockedfixed unlocking of second city on Lorian giving a double research queue entry
2025-12-28 18:57 UTC · Community Announcements · SeriousMartin
This minor update comes with a jump of the used unity engine from 6.0 to 6.3. The reason we are updating is a bug we were facing with the previous Unity version that was showing for quite a lot of you. This update will hopefully solve it.
2025-12-08 07:42 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Warm greetings from an otherwise rather cold Germany, but winter is helping us keep a cool head as we tinker away at the next DLC for Imagine Earth. This is me officially announcing the "Transformation" DLC before we get to the specific update :-)Transformation DLC The DLC features a campaign in which you are part of a rescue team that wants to transform civilizations before their planets are destroyed by a climate catastrophe.New buildingsThe DLC coming early next year will finally include new ocean buildings: A wave power plant and a floating algae factory. There are slums from which you mus
2025-06-05 12:03 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
WDC World Ocean Day Charity Sale We are excited to announce that we are supporting WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation for World Ocean Day! The WDC World Ocean Day Sale starts today and runs until 12th June, 10am PDT 2025, and you can save a fin-tastic 60% off Imagine Earth. We will also donate 20% of our net profits to WDC to support their conservation work.* Who are WDC? WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation are the leading global charity dedicated to the protection of whales and dolphins. Their expert-led teams in the UK, Europe, the Americas, and Australasia work across the whole spectrum of
2025-05-13 09:51 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Good news everyone, again it's fascinating how much you can balance, improve and fix in such a long game development journey, isn't it? At least for us ;D Warm regards, Jens & Martin. P.S.: Please support Imagine Earth Project with a review here on Steam! Improvements Keep current zoom level when jumping to city City extensions of Galaxies DLC now available in free play and competition game modes Annoying car beeping sounds in cities removed Clarified how satellite hubs are charged Improved visibility of Icons in functions ring Rounos: Rounosians don't accept donations anymore before Leen is t
2025-04-16 18:28 UTC · Community Announcements · SeriousMartin
Genesis Seed Campaign of Galaxies DLC no longer has a fixed time limit per planet Destructing city district no longer requires all people to find a new home. We will probably come back to this in a dedicated game mode Added 120, 144 and 240 fixed refresh rate options Research the trade price bonus now also reduces rates at native camps and midras miners Fixed error related to population moved from one to another district Fixed food and goods consumption not properly counting districts with special states like riots or relocating Fixed crash related to cannon defense of your city
2025-04-11 08:09 UTC · Community Announcements · SeriousMartin
Fixes the following problems: Error when hovering the “Typo” icon in the MessagePanel in the galaxy Bug when selecting the last entry in the list of expansions for city centers Occasional error when selecting the faction for a new game Occasional error when displaying city center expansions Camera rotation via keyboard blocked after jumping to a field
2025-04-08 13:07 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Good news everyone! The Galaxies DLC has just been released and you can start colonizing entire galaxies in Imagine Earth right away! Thank you for your endurance and support over the years! The DLC delivers many new features that round out the game in every way. Please let us know what you think of the new features and game modes and support our work with a review if you can! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3365760/Imagine_Earth__Galaxies/ It took us a little longer to bring Imagine Earth to Switch, Playstation and Xbox last year, so we can now serving this great DLC on all platforms. We'v
2025-04-01 17:36 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Earth Appreciation Festival Dear Space Colony Managers, we’re happy to be on board for this year's Earth Appreciation Festival. Many devs discount their games and pledge a certain % of sales to the cause of protecting forests. In our case half of Imagine Earth sales go to the Cool Earth initiative between April 1 and 7 which is supporting indigenous people in preserving their forests. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5849166/e3aaa7a7278b61e65af72b45834786508a4fb10e.jpg New Update 1.19 Out Now Canceling a building process or use of tools is again possible Had to replace Temporal Anti Aliasing (TAA) again in
2025-03-13 12:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Dear Space Colonist community, We have one last little update for you before the long-awaited DLC is finally released. But by the way the Galaxy DLC will be released on April 8 Official DLC Trailer See the official trailer showing off most of the exciting new features of the DLC and please wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3365760/Imagine_Earth__Galaxies/ Improved HDR & Anti-Aliasing The update mainly brings us improvements in the image quality of Imagine Earth: Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) and HDR brightness levels are now available as we have upgraded the game to Unity 6 with this
2025-01-24 13:27 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome and thanks for coming over. Before we bring you the benefits of update 1.18 we want to invite you to join the beta test of our Galaxies DLC. If you’re interested in giving the new game mode an exclusive test run please join the beta channel in our discord. There we can grant you access and discuss the balancing of new features and functions. Update: The beta test has already reached the maximum number of participant. Stay tuned for the final DLC release. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/5849166/dc6292a01e4ae7e3cdc2cfcbed5ad24175a3f45b.jpg Update 1.18 Ring System Improvements By
2024-12-28 14:02 UTC · Community Announcements · Jens
Hello everyone, the Galaxies DLC is almost finished. By now the Store Page is online and you can wishlist the game already. Thank you for your patience! But before we start an open beta test in Januar, I want to use this opportunity to announce another new feature and heat up the anticipation. Please let us know what you think of the new features and support Imagine Earth with a review! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3365760/Imagine_Earth__Galaxies/ Endless Game You can choose to colonize whole new galaxies totally freely in the endless game mode. Inhabitable Planets will be discovered aft
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