Keep Them Busy (AppID: 3554140)
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A colony sim where you build, manage, and expand across an open galaxy. Explore pricing history and player statistics for Keep Them Busy.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Quad Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1070
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Quad Core
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: RTX 2070
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
- OS: OSx 11
- Processor: Quad Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: HD Graphics
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
- OS: OSx 11
- Processor: Quad Core
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: HD Graphics
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
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About This Game
A colony sim where you build, manage, and expand across an open galaxy. Keep NPCs occupied, or they’ll develop autonomous behaviours—leading to crime, chaos, or rebellion. Balance industrial growth with environmental preservation, enforce laws, and defend your colony from extra-terrestrial threats!
Detailed Description
Keep Them Busy is a 2D colony simulation game that combines open galaxy exploration, adaptive NPC behaviours, and environmental management. Players must build and expand their colony while keeping NPCs occupied—because when left idle, they develop autonomous behaviours that can lead to crime, chaos, or even cult activity. Balancing industrial progress with planetary sustainability, enforcing laws, and defending against extra-terrestrial threats are all crucial to survival. Will you create a thriving, disciplined society or let your colony descend into anarchy?
Key Features
• Autonomous NPC Behaviour: NPCs act independently when left idle, developing their own decisions, forming social groups, and engaging in activities that may harm the colony, like crime or illegal trading.
• Open Galaxy Exploration: Explore a procedurally generated galaxy full of diverse planets. Each planet comes with its own set of resources, environmental conditions, and challenges. Players can choose to expand their colonies to other planets or move to a new world when necessary.
• Dynamic Environmental Impact: The balance between industrial growth and environmental sustainability plays a critical role in the game. Over-industrialization leads to climate changes, pollution, and threats to NPC survival.
• Codex Ledger: Players can shape their colony’s laws and policies, making decisions that influence how the NPCs live and work. Decisions affect both the progression of the colony and the behaviour of the NPCs.
• Strategic Colony Management: Construct buildings, manage resources, and strategically place structures to optimize production while ensuring the environmental balance of your planet.
• Procedural Planets and Solar Systems: Each planet is procedurally generated, ensuring a unique experience with every playthrough. From weather conditions to available resources, no two planets are alike.
• Alien Planet Conquest and Defence: Conquer habitable alien planets and defend your home from extra-terrestrial invasions and other outer space dangers, adding an exciting layer of strategic warfare to the game