Ideas for Colonist.io as submitted to our Feature Upvote board. Ideas are ordered by 'new' and the 50 top matches are included. pr_8tou3dvqx6xom7k 2025-12-31T21:20:20Z sug_997eetvwgyv7wpv 2026-01-01T15:53:14Z 2026-01-06T16:01:54Z It was possible to select the right amount of cards for a trade with a bank using a right click on the card on the hand. A bug was introduced in a release during last year. Since than it didn't work anymore. Instead, the browser tooltip is opened. sug_yqgtbjzxex9dy92 2026-01-02T18:47:31Z 2026-01-06T16:01:54Z Example Scenario: Player A (Winner): 2000 Elo (15 Victory Points) Player B (Loser): 2100 Elo (10 Victory Points) Expected Outcome: 0.36 Actual Outcome: 1 K-Factor: 15 1. Standard Elo Calculation: (Actual Outcome - Expected Outcome) * K-Factor (1 - 0.36) * 15 = 9.6 2. Proposed Performance Adjustment: To calculate the "Percentage of Points Earned," we first subtract the 2 starting Victory Points (Settlements) from each player to reflect earned progress: Adjusted Winner Points: 15 - 2 = 13 Adjusted Loser Points: 10 - 2 = 8 Total Earned Points: 21 (13 + 8) Win Percentage (P): 13 / 21 = 0.62 3. Performance Value Calculation: (Win Percentage - Expected Outcome) * K-Factor (0.62 - 0.36) * 15 = 3.9 Final Elo Gain: Standard (9.6) + Performance (3.9) = 13.5. Rule for Surrenders: A player may only surrender during their own turn, before taking any actions. In such cases, the calculation will be based on the current Victory Points held by each player at that specific moment. sug_vczx77cxhfdbbwl 2026-01-04T10:33:28Z 2026-01-06T16:01:54Z We are finding in the last few weeks selecting build phase works about half of the time only in both C&K and C&K seafarers sug_nre6fikfrr3udbn 2026-01-05T08:08:01Z 2026-01-06T16:01:54Z Going on a winning streak is fun, and I think it should be rewarded with extra rating points. So for example, 10 extra points for 3 wins in a row, 25 points for 5 wins in a row and 50 points for 10 wins in a row. The points could be anything. In addition, when someone has 10+ wins in a row, they could get some kind of cool badge feature, like it glowing up, and when someone beats a player with 10+ wins in a row, they could get a bonus. The winning streak of course only counts for randomly picked opponents sug_fqwagf6qdikxwo4 2026-01-05T17:08:54Z 2026-01-06T16:01:54Z I much preferred your old layout, where I could choose how many players and "friendly robber" and custom options like that. Is there a way to pay to play like that again? If not, can you bring it back? The new site, with only 4 preset options, is far inferior. sug_g0pv5gfedzer6qo 2026-01-05T18:22:31Z 2026-01-06T16:01:54Z Since each game player is assigned a different colour, sometimes it gets a bit confusing / puzzling to spot / recognize that game's assigned colour. I'd suggest to add some kind of a highlight to easier identify the my pieces - for example add a coloured frame. P.S. I was looking for way to contribute - developed the feature myself, but I suppose you do not support open source development / outside contributions? sug_vufwviymhxjv71t 2024-07-04T23:42:30Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z sug_2ziiwtrclav5wpn 2024-07-05T07:01:03Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z Introduce a voting mechanism that allows players to kick a player who is inactive for three consecutive turns without taking any actions or ending their turn. The suspended player will have the opportunity to reconnect. sug_woxobxexhakkjdf 2024-07-09T15:53:04Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z Got stuck on 14 points in 1v1 because used city and settles and all devs bought. Fairly efficient settles. Had road and got unlucky to only get 1 vp with 7 knights played. Just seems like very bad game design to have this as a possibility? sug_kb6ialcwyqh27uo 2024-07-11T06:35:29Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z 7/11/2024, 10:40 1/4 12/13 93 43:39 X mancubus2023 Legend2323 ACardShy freeplstine ID: G4qr The tab started reloading every second and then game crushed. The history shows that no one completed the game. All players lost 1 Karma point sug_8yrentfygv6reli 2024-07-22T00:15:54Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z The current pricing at near $20/month for membership is insane. I wish I could use a more constructive word, but there isn't one. For the price of $20 per month, you can at least two different streaming services. A majority of the Colonist.io playerbase surely can't afford this, and I can't imagine there is any scenario in which pricing out the majority of potential players is more lucrative than a much lower entry cost that would welcome more players. If there were either one time fees for individual map packs, MUCH cheaper options for, say, a "tiered" membership system in which more maps and additional content can be unlocked the more you spend, or even an all around overhaul of the current system, I'm sure myself and many others would be much more willing to invest in this game. Now that Discord is included, why not leave the $20/month fee to Discord servers, justifying the pricing by allowing large servers to enjoy the game, while individual online players can still pay less? sug_rtspib9m3mxyn5m 2024-07-22T21:01:54Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z I've bought the membership via discord but I can't cancel it. I just want this abonnement for a month but I think it will bill every month. sug_lvelyplheiqqs6l 2024-07-24T23:40:10Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z bug (known) in dice sug_yoxtlvw52xbrncu 2024-07-25T17:08:24Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z Under the dropdown menu for dice options, it says "Balanced", "Random", and "This is a bug. Report me!" sug_1hqvsugrlcpwdnp 2024-07-26T09:33:18Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z There was a dice option listed as a bug that said to report it, it was the third option alongside the regular options (balanced and random). I'm just following the command. sug_sngbsrmh1ijqm3w 2024-07-30T20:31:16Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z report bug in dice options sug_g2wxx0szir7ws0j 2024-07-30T21:50:08Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z sug_echhxmmvjxcgkan 2024-08-01T01:54:26Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z I had a perfect Karma of 20/20 and have played 39 games on my Account, however today while ranked servers were down I queued for casual and got a "reconnecting, please wait" message and did all the things suggested to fix this, refresh, log out and log back in, go to my finder and clear my Cache, etc. I got a report from the players in the game even tho they could see rapid messages of me reconnecting and disconnecting from their POV. One of the players said "This may be a server issue" which it was. I waited for the game to end since it clearly wasn't working for 10 mins of trying. I queued for another casual game same thing happened, I restarted my PC still didn't do anything. Now my Karma sat at 18/20. I waited a full 40 mins and for rank placement games to be available maybe thinking it's just a casual server issue. Nah it wasn't I queued for my first rank placement game same thing "reconnecting, please wait". I would like for my Karma to be moved back from 17/20 to 20/20. Thanks sug_gwgmevltyc0yfej 2024-08-01T16:03:34Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z I enjoy playing bot games, but in the last few weeks the bot strategy of blocking is non sensical. They prioritize blocking shared territory and not the person in the lead which upends the logical scheme in the game. Something lately has changed in the way bots play and it doesn’t contribute to the fun logical game play we’re accustomed to. Instead it detracts from the experience and makes the game very imbalanced. sug_ptdzggc9z55f9gb 2024-08-06T14:40:03Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z The server crashed twice while i was playing my last 2 games and was registered as a loss for me in 1V1 ranked sug_ghtiascdrvu2hdy 2024-08-06T15:54:36Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z Timer blinks during the last 15 seconds. Useful for whoever plays listening to music or on mute. sug_ncs9loxydgtg0nz 2024-08-11T17:53:27Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z sug_sqvnyuodzrij2ax 2024-08-15T15:28:40Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z If you haven’t moved for whatever amount of time, you should be kicked from the match and banned from ranked for a few days or hours. This is a ridiculous exploit. sug_fmj5wjpqkxoakce 2024-08-24T13:51:56Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z Guys, you have to have a rematch button on the free version! sug_jlejyo8csstt0tc 2024-08-24T17:30:38Z 2025-12-31T21:29:26Z The new updated August 23rd 2024 added pop up video ads. Now the entire app and website lags super bad. Hope you guys fix it. I also asked all the players I played with today and multiple people said it is the same for them. I understand you need ads to be successful, however, when it comes at the cost of quality people will find other options to play. Coming from one developer to another. sug_0scxhydirs4emlb 2024-08-26T19:18:31Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I wish there was a way to block a player/s, especially after you play a game that 2 players are obviously cheating and ganging up on a 3rd player. It is impossible to even stand a chance in their cat and mouse game. It's unfair to all the players out there. sug_omzbipyukid0lum 2024-09-04T13:21:35Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z if i use adblock is because i dont want to see or click on any ads, not to get cokblocked when i try to enter a game, u either stop blocking me from playing games or i just wont play them, as easy as that. sug_slvphuj81aqh42w 2024-09-04T17:28:57Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I really enjoy the game and play daily. I want to support the company and looked into getting premium but at nearly $10 a month on, I cant afford it as a student. I only ever play base map and game anyway nor have I really wanted to play the other features but I do still want to support colonist. I would love a more accessible $1-2/month option that would just give me different colored hat on my avatar or something dumb like that. sug_xmc2sdefu9hiiis 2024-09-09T09:56:46Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I had a game 1v1 earlier this day that actually disgusted me, which doesnt happen often. My opponent decided to block every chance to get 15 points and then wait for me to resign while i had 14. This 'smath strat' as he called it may follow rules, but seems enough immoral to me and waiting to Resign instead winning is just being petty and pathetic. Would you feel ok if your opponent chose this 'smath strat'? I dont know any good solution to that situation, it just seems it needs some. Like if i could buy extra town or city for 3 times the base price or extra Cards, or extra point for 5 of each resource, i'd had chance to buy that. Or if just the last point would not need the original 'piece of plastic'. Or if just the game ended by draw after 30 minutes... I don't know the right solution. I just think that when PC implementation decided to leave limits that board game had just to not print too many plastics, using literally every of those limits should not be considered valid tactic. sug_0rhsls6yodokcho 2024-09-19T16:28:27Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z Ok, I am not sure how dev cards are determined but sometimes it seems like they are passed out based on your position, Like I have noticed that I either get majority of knight cards, and sometimes I just dont get knight cards even after buying half the deck. So, if not already done, I think that the cards should be pre-determined at the time of the board set up. sug_y7ngxdeczuyirb2 2024-10-05T22:05:44Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z Actually do something about players being rude and using foul language. Does reporting them even do anything? sug_e7dfkcvp21e2djt 2024-10-17T05:16:56Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z Adblock disabled. At the end of _every_ game, all of Chrome gets completely unresponsive, other tabs too. After ~60 seconds it all comes back to normal. sug_qo15a1kljthpdfi 2024-11-17T19:25:08Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z There are no current threads - so my problem might be new/unique. Every time I try to connect, I get the following message: Quick! This pesky popup just had an upgrade! It won't allow anyone who is using an adblock to access matchmaking anymore; either disable adblock or become a Member (free Wool resource for every Member... just joking) I have tried multiple browsers and HAVE NO ADBLOCK. I have restarted my machine and yet it still says the above... Please fix ASAP sug_pkerz0xxb38p0qo 2024-11-18T15:54:06Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z My rating in this season 11 has disappeared. This morning I was fine and in the afternoon I am at 0, both in base game and in 1vs1. Yesterday I already had more than 100 games in the base game, you can see them in the history. I attach the last screenshot I took, so you can see that it's true. sug_wm6s0oyqbohclot 2024-11-20T02:38:49Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z i am getting a "disable adblock" popup and unable to play even though i have all adblockers turned off. sug_ek9g1fzyurfpzwf 2024-11-20T22:49:23Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z i understand the logic behind forcing people to remove ads, however the ads that load in game constantly freeze the entire browser making the game unplayable. please fix. sug_x6lutqdumg82lm4 2024-12-01T14:00:41Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I never saw a Gauss curve; The dices are simply absurd and you keep denying it. A full game without 4?? What is the proba of this? You obviously have a random issue and I dont think the draws are independent sug_i1bupcmmpuvavf7 2024-12-08T03:52:06Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I've come across these swear word abbreviations used in chat and they're just abused: mf er f er dmbass a hole a s s h o l e Thanks for always improving the game. sug_mi2yif9sxxh3vsk 2024-12-11T05:26:40Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I would love for there to be separate average categories within the Mobile app to better understand my own gameplay. Ideally, I would like one average for 4v4, one average for 1v1, and one average combining both. sug_p9mzvtkh81zty0p 2024-12-11T20:11:53Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z See screenshot. On pixel 7 android app. Can't click anything due to app not going back to portrait mode. sug_hfatlma2tnw5568 2024-12-12T18:51:45Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I just came back after not playing online for a while. I was Gold 1/2 before and won 7/10 of my calibration games, many against gold 1/2 and plat 1/2. After getting calibrated I am only silver 1? I understand that we don't want to rank swing to be that big but can there be some clarity about how my rank was updated in the games where I won against gold and plats? I figure with winning 7/10 I should at least be where I used to be. I want higher quality games than silver and I don't play enough games to do that climb again. sug_uz1faosxndqidym 2024-12-15T01:33:47Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z get rid of spectator mode when you try to reconnect to a game sug_sepfhdsaxprarc5 2024-12-15T06:48:30Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z When a game ends and a player wants to wreak havoc in the chat, please allow me an option to still block them. I can only do so during the game and not after. sug_w0hbifq5ngq52ut 2024-12-18T04:08:52Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z I have noticed that while playing on PC (Chrome browser) that if I am typing something into chat, as soon as a player takes an action, the chat stops taking my inputs. This is an annoyance when trying to communicate a trade, or proposing a no block, or suggest an action for a player to take. sug_chtskftqoqrxwyn 2024-12-18T16:18:14Z 2025-12-31T21:29:25Z In my last game (against elliephan), he was disconnected for far more than one minute, the bot took over, but in the end I was not awarded the win. Is it normal ? sug_m7gouoe9qiicni6 2024-12-19T08:09:49Z 2025-12-31T21:27:31Z Please speed up the bot when a player leaves during a ranked match. There is no reason for a bot to take 30-45seconds a turn. sug_cnj41763cpgsbo6 2024-12-20T17:20:14Z 2025-12-31T21:27:31Z There is no simple way to balance a bot. Having it do trades easily, as it did a year ago, was very unbalanced as it would sometimes trade away wins. On the other hand, having it never trade also breaks the balance of the game, as some setups are relying on being able to mutually benefit from trading. Also, having the bot rob whoever has the most points currently can also be detrimental, as points alone are not telling the full story. One possible solution would be to make a prediction on who is in the lead, with parameters based on the data from every game on colonist, and have the bot not trade the predicted winner, and robbing them. It might be a lot to ask for, but it would improve the games when people leave, greatly. sug_e3kztuuv7tbgzhy 2024-12-20T18:19:06Z 2025-12-31T21:27:31Z Would be nice to have bankwire or paypal as payment method. can't pay with credit cards or american bank accounts. when logged in with google. Seems some don't want to earn money. sug_rxsauicpoyjxtjf 2025-02-22T03:35:38Z 2025-12-31T21:27:31Z We need new maps like Risk does it. They release new maps frequently and I believe other people are tired of playing the same maps as well. Please release some, or make it possible for us to create our own. Both would be a huge benefit. sug_nkzc7akahhx69sa 2025-02-22T08:08:31Z 2025-12-31T21:27:31Z User is able to increase the base number of cards in the bank past the existing base of 20. Use case: Larger parties may deadlock due to running out of development cards. This change would enable groups to increase the number past 20 if they wish to play a game that requires pulling development cards to win.