StrategyFit check
Is Trappist worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Colony-building fans who want a story-led science-fiction setting
- Strategy players who prefer resource chains and automated logistics over combat
- Players who favor campaigns that can be completed in 10–15 hours or more
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking military combat, squad battles, or direct enemy encounters
- Players wanting a campaign built around generations of expanding empire management
- Players who prefer economies centered on money and road networks
- Players seeking a fully static game rather than one with planned future additions
Our take on Trappist
The focused colony-building format leaves out money systems and road placement, keeping attention on resources, construction, and story. Its current campaign is also bounded at 10–15 hours or more, while further stories and locations remain planned rather than included.
What is Trappist?
Trappist is a story-driven colony-building strategy game set in the Trappist-1 system.
Players pilot the Ark, a movable colony and trading hub, while surveying planets and moons for settlement sites. Colonies use distinct buildings and resources, with cargo ships moving materials between manufacturing and population centers. Automated trade routes connect colonies and the Ark into production chains. The game includes six colony sites across the Ark, two planets, and two moons, along with more than 50 buildings and over two dozen resources. Alien artifacts, story segments, robots, grid or gridless construction, configurable controls, and different starting conditions shape the campaign. Current stories take 10–15 hours or more to complete, with additional content planned.
How Trappist plays
- 01Six colony sites
- Settlements are distributed across the Ark, two planets, and two moons.
- 02Automated trade routes
- Cargo ships can move extracted materials between colonies and central manufacturing or population locations.
- 03Ark mobile base
- The Ark can travel through the system or serve as a fixed trading center.
- 04Gridless construction
- Building placement can switch between a grid-based mode and free placement.
- 05Robot workforce
- Robots can take over workforce roles within the colonies.
- 06New Game Plus
- A completed campaign can provide a customized Ark for a new start.
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Trappist: platforms & release
Is Trappist worth it?
It is worth it if: colony-building fans who want a story-led science-fiction setting. Skip it if: players seeking military combat, squad battles, or direct enemy encounters.
Where can I download Trappist?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Trappist's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Trappist on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
