- Time to Steam Next Fest! - 15 June 2026
Hey everyone!We are happy to announce that Earthlings will participate in Steam Next Fest! Time to build cool little settlements and boss the Earthlings around. Your new overlord is not the patient type, so better to be quick.Oh btw! We have another game in Steam Next Fest too! Yes, we are working on two games!If after colony management you fancy some train building bullet heaven, we highly recommend checking out Endless Rails which also has a demo!Endless Rails Steam page: See you either in the desert or in the wasteland! One thing is certain: there will be monsters.Cheers, Erik & Marcell
- Your Questions Answered - 5 March 2026
Hey everyone!You've been asking great questions about the game across various forums, so we figured it's time to answer them all in one place.Q: Who am I actually playing as?You're one of the Earthlings. A worker who somehow understands G's demands. G is your mission giver, your shady overlord, and a bit your enemy. He'll keep making your life harder while you smile and nod. In the full game, you'll be able to choose your character and pick from different strengths.Q: Is the whole game set in the desert?Nope! The desert is just where the story begins. The full game takes you through four distinct biomes, each with their own events, hazards, and enemies. Here is sneak peek:Q: There's no coal in ancient Egypt though...Are you sure this is Egypt? Earthlings is set in a fictional ancient world. One where anything can happen. And will happen. Like coal in Egypt.Q: What's the deal with those…
- Earthlings Has Some Weird Enemies - 15 February 2026
Hey Dear People,To celebrate our participation in the Flash Game Vibes Steam Event, we are here with a new update! This time, we dive deep into the topic of enemies. We are going through the ones you have to deal with in the demo! Have you tried it already? Not yet? Go for it!TL;DR - If you don't like reading, watch the video!Earthlings is all about managing resources - manpower, water, time, building materials. Your goal is to design and build monuments for your new alien god, who's selling your art across the galaxy. He's shady, but he has the upper hand, so it's wise to cooperate for now.Getting those resources won't always be easy. Some are located in territories surrounded by enemies.HyenasThe simplest ones are hyenas. They'll make you build barracks to train soldiers. Usually a few soldiers can take care of them.MummiesMummies are trickier. Their spit is venomous, so they can hurt…
- Active Pause - Demo v1.2.0 Patch Notes - 3 February 2026
Dear Players,You asked, we listened! A frequently requested new feature is now available for the Earthlings Demo! From now on you'll be able to pick up and assign earthlings when tactical pause is enabled! In addition you'll also be able to use the tools menu while pause is active to demolish buildings or give your earthlings a pesky little boost!We hope that these changes will make it a little easier for you to overcome all the challenges that await you in Earthlings!We'd like to thank you all for the invaluable feedback you've shared over the past couple of days! Stay tuned for more! Happy monument building everyone!Marcell & ErikYou can find the complete patch notes below:New features:Earthlings can be grabbed and assigned while tactical pause is active.Tools menu is now usable during tactical pause.Improvements:Streamlined overall experience during time manipulation.Bug Fixes:Fixed…
- Demo 1.1.7 Patch Notes - 29 January 2026
We've fixed 2 small bugs for the Earthlings Demo!Bug Fixes:Fixed a bug where the splash screens would be stuck if input was too earlyFixed a bug where the stockpile objectives wouldn't complete immediately if the player already had enough resources.
- Demo 1.1.6 Patch Notes - 28 January 2026
We're rolling out our first public patch notes for the Earthlings demo! This update contains small improvements and bug fixes.Improvements:Added Time Control shortcuts: \ \ \ control the speed, while \ toggles the pause.Bug Fixes:Fixed scouts not automatically discovering available territoriesFixed workers not instantly reacting to enemies appearing in their territoriesFixed merchant related bugs
- The Earthlings Demo is Here! - 27 January 2026
Hey dear follower,Finally, it's here! The demo for Earthlings - our first game - has arrived, and we can't wait for you to play it and tell us what you think.This is one of the first sketches of Earthlings, from January 6, 2024. It started as a little game jam project on itch.io, and we liked it so much we couldn't leave it in that early state. We felt it could grow, it could be a lot more. The earthlings were so likable they kept us going. Now the whole thing moves, makes cool sounds, has awesome music, looks much better, full of weird creatures... A great feeling to see it come to life for sure.Sometimes it was challenging to make ourselves available for it, but we couldn't be happier that this little game now exists - and we hope you'll have as much fun playing it as we had making it!Of course, we can't stop here. We still have to finish the remaining 70% of the game, but we'll try n…
- Earthlings Demo Launch Party - 26 January 2026
Hey Dear Followers!It's time for us to press the release button on the Earthlings demo, and we want to celebrate this moment properly. This is a big deal for us - it's our first game, and we're proud we made it this far. But more importantly, the Earthlings and their shady new god have come to life in a way we're genuinely happy with.On January 27th, we're doing a live stream where we'll play the demo, share stories, and have some fun. Hope you'll drop by, even if just for a bit.In the meantime, please enjoy Penge's playthrough of the demo - he had some serious fun with it! We're already hard at work on the rest of the game: new environments, new enemies, new challenges, new weird monuments, and more stuff to build. Here's a volcano level in the works, Erik's current favorite:We hope all of you'll have some fun with the Earthlings demo!Erik & Marcell
- Demo Release Date Announcement! - 20 January 2026
Hey all,Phew! The demo page and build just got approved by Steam! For us - first-time game makers - this is a huge milestone. We can't wait for you to try it.Speaking of which! The demo for Earthlings drops on... drumroll...January 27...2026. Just to be clear.So stay tuned, get ready, tell a friend. The demo will be short but sweet - a proper teaser of what's coming later this year.In the meantime, check out Orbital Potato's video playing Earthlings! We love his content and we're super grateful he covered our game.See you soon, Erik & Marcell
- A New Gameplay Trailer Is Here! - 13 January 2026
A New Trailer Is Here!Hey Earthlings! We just released a brand new gameplay trailer for Earthlings that you can check here on Steam or on YouTube! This will give you a good idea of what you will actually do while playing the game!Hope you'll enjoy it as much as we enjoyed working on it!What About The Demo?The demo page and build are already in the review queue and we are finishing up work on the opening cutscene audio mix. The game will sound wonderful by the time you get your hands on it!See you soon!Erik & Marcell
- Meet the Monument Creator! - 9 January 2026
Hey everyone,One of the coolest parts of Earthlings is your strange objective beyond building your settlement: making art for an alien! And you'll be making a lot of it.The Earthlings have quite a unique taste when it comes to crazy statue ideas. They're able to come up with unexpected concepts that are... let's say anachronistic for their time period. So you may find some of their work somewhat familiar. Guitars? Karate Kid poses? All in ancient times? What?There's no explanation for how they do it. They just go for it, and the galaxy loves whatever they create.They're happy to mix their inspirations to create truly one-of-a-kind pieces. It's up to you to decide which ideas they should execute. The monument designer will become one of your best friends while playing Earthlings.But it's not only the funny aesthetic that drives your choices. Each monument part has an effect that gives yo…
- Demo Coming Early 2026! - 11 December 2025
Hey dear players!We're getting ready for our demo release early next year!The coolest part has been working on the opening cutscene. We're going "Max Payne style" with comic book-like panels, music, and narration to tell the story. The demo will include the beginning of the Earthlings story too. Here's an initial sketch and a finished (but deleted) scene, so you can see how it started and how it's shaping up.After observing players at Comic Con Vienna and PlayIT Budapest, we redesigned our user interface (for about the 9th time, haha) to make it more intuitive. Getting the monument creator right was quite a challenge, but we finally reached a version we're happy with (for now?).Now it's time for some final polishing and a bit of end of year/Christmas vibes.For more frequent updates, follow us on our socials!https://linktr.ee/studiomonoblokUntil next time! Erik
- Best Pitch Award at Game Days 2025! - 27 October 2025
We Have Great News!Hey Earthlings! We are super happy to announce that last Saturday we won the Best Indie Pitch Award at Game Days 2025 in beautiful Kosice, SK. The whole event was an absolutely amazing experience with great indie games, fantastic speakers, interesting sessions, and lots of fun.Please also do check out the other award winners, Mewts which took the audience award and Hordeguard: Winds of the North for best vision!A Big Thank You!The past few weeks were intense as we took Earthlings to multiple live events and gathered your feedback so we can make the best game possible. It was extremely motivating to watch you having fun with our game also at Polaris Con in Hamburg, and Game Dev Day in Budapest!We Are Not Stopping!Now we are back to work, getting the demo ready so you can play Earthlings at home!Talk soon!Erik & Marcell
- Welcome to Earthlings! - 7 May 2025
Greetings to All Earthlings!After 10 months of hard work, we’re finally here with the first look at Earthlings!If you’re reading this, we couldn’t be happier. Thank you for taking the time to explore our charming, feel-good strategy game where creating art takes center stage and aliens complicate your life.If you haven’t already, be sure to check out our preview trailer! It sets the tone and gives you a first glimpse at the gameplay. While we’ve got a solid vision of what Earthlings will become, there’s still plenty to build so stay tuned!If you like what you see, please consider wishlisting Earthlings to keep it from vanishing into a black hole of forgotten dreams. We’ll be back time to time with important updates! Thank you for following our adventures in the land of video game making!In case you'd like to stay in touch, please find our social links here: https://linktr.ee/studiomonob…
