Unknown Horizons.
By The Unknown Horizons Developers
Unknown Horizons is a free 2D strategy game about growing a small settlement into a colony. Players collect taxes, supply goods, and use trade and diplomacy alongside the economy. The playable release is the legacy FIFE version; the newer Godot port has no playable build yet. Its own artwork, including the sailing-ship logo, is under CC BY-SA 3.0.
The F7 Insight
The interesting part is the colony ledger: maps, goods, and trade are data the player can reason about, while the sailing-ship mark is covered by the project's own CC BY-SA grant rather than a loose code license.
A closer look.
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Build a colony economy with taxes, goods, trade, and diplomacy.
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Download the legacy 2019.1 Windows installer from the official downloads page.
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The same page links a 2019.1 source archive for Linux and build notes for GNU/Linux.
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No macOS build of 2019.1 is offered; a 2014.1 disk image remains available.
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The current Godot port is listed separately and is not playable yet.
Sources & credits
Verified against the sources below. Features, pricing, and availability may change; check the creator’s current information before installing or buying.
- Official readme: free colony strategy game, Linux/Windows/macOS build guides, and license pointerChecked 14 Oct 2026
- Official downloads: legacy 2019.1 Windows installer, Linux archive, no current macOS build, Godot port not playableChecked 14 Oct 2026
- Own audiovisual media is CC BY-SA 3.0, with listed third-party exceptionsChecked 14 Oct 2026
- CC BY-SA 3.0 legal text for the Unknown Horizons logo noticeChecked 14 Oct 2026
Artwork acknowledgments
Unknown Horizons logo from content/gfx/uh.png. The project's doc/LICENSE places its own audiovisual media under CC BY-SA 3.0 and lists third-party exceptions; this logo is not one of them. Image used unmodified.