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Piebox · Published by Piebox
Positive — 100% positive (21 reviews) · 20 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Capyvarias is an incremental colony game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic world. Start with just two capybaras and grow your colony one click at a time. Gather resources, assign tasks, expand your shelter, and unlock strange new technologies discovered by the smartest capybaras.
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Indie, Simulation · 2026 · More under £5 games
In Capyvarias, start your journey with just two capybaras and watch your colony expand through resource gathering and shelter expansion. Developed by Piebox, this indie simulation game invites you to unlock strange technologies in a unique incremental colony experience.
About this game
Help Capyshan and Capymay rebuild the Capyvarias empire. Everything is gone. Only these two brave capybaras remain, determined to raise their community from the ashes. Can you click your way to survival, growth, and a future among the stars?
Gather Resources
Increase your resources either by clicking or by assigning capybaras to rooms in your colony.
Unlock Technology and Upgrade your Colony
Research new technology and innovation to advance your colony. Watch your shelter evolve as you transition through different levels.
Achievements and Outfits
Conquer achievements to gather Capycoins. Use your hard-earned currency to buy adorable outfits and raise up the style of your colony.
Features
✅ What Capyvarias offers:
A short clicker: Demo is 15 minutes long and full-game is around 2 hours of playtime, dynamic resource management and light decisions.
Simple game mechanics: Increase your resources, upgrade to get new ones, and advance through time.
A post-apocalyptic cozy vibe: Hand-drawn capybaras, cute art and lovely music!
❌ What Capyvarias does NOT offer:
No idler: This is an active experience. Leaving your capybaras unattended for too long can lead to losing the colony!
No prestige levels: The game does not offer permanent upgrades that are kept over different colony runs.
No deep narrative and many hours-long objectives.
No multiplayer of any kind.
Dev Team
Hi! I'm Kirani, and this is my first game. The fantastic art you see in the game is made by my amazing friend Jess! The lovely Original Sound Track is created by StarCannxn. I hope you like my cozy game made with love 💜.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: x86, x64 architecture
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Thank you for more than 200 copies sold and Steam Summer Sales!
Hi everyone!It has been about 2 months since the launch and we got more than 200 copies sold! 🥳Thank you all for this amazing support! It really makes me happy to know so many people enjoy my first game!And for everyone waiting on a promotion to have their capybaras colony going, now it is the time! Capyvarias is part of Steam Summer Sales with 20% off!Stay hydrated everyone!Cheers,Kirani PieboxRead full article on Community Announcements (kirani)Patch NotesOfficial
Major Update!
Hi everyone!It has been almost 3 weeks since the release and I worked on bringing a major update with all the suggestion you all send to my way.In this update, we have the entire wonderful 7 tracks in the game! Individual tracks for each era, crafted by the amazing StarCannxn! We are also releasing with this update the Original Sound Track (OST) DLC! We have a bundle of the game with the OST, make sure to check it out.We have the game translated to 2 new languages: Spanish and Chinese! I really want to thank my dear friends Vifrost and Bella Bai for making this happen.We have many Quality of Life (QoL) changes, the most notable ones: fullscreen mode (many of you asked for this one!) and keybindings.And also, thank you so much for the amazing reviews! I'm really happy that you enjoyed playing Capyvarias.Cheers, Kirani PieboxFull Changelog v0.7.0:Added 4 music tracks, now the game has 7 tracksTranslations:Added Spanish and Chinese translationsUpdated English, French and PortugueseThe game is now available in 5 languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and ChineseGame settings:Added fullscreen modeAdded keybindingsUpdated audio settingsAdded feedback in-game formAdded visual hint for automation in bulk changeThe game by default will now start in fullscreenAdded cloud animation when capybara appearsHide achievements notification when changing erasFix capylab tooltips showing in wrong placeRead full article on Community Announcements (kirani)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 6.7
Update tech tree to give more space between items. Fixing the problem in French where it was not possible to see a few requirements. (Thank you Croco for reporting it!)Increase requirement padlock size in the tech tree to be easier to hover it Properly show the room tooltip in French Remove 'idle' label from capybaras icon in the room productionRead full article on Community Announcements (kirani)AnnouncementsOfficial
Capyvarias is released!
Hi everyone,We did it! Capyvarias is released! Thank you all for the support, it was an amazing journey so far and I'm really happy about this step.I hope you all can achieve the stars with your colonies!Cheers,Kirani PieboxRead full article on Community Announcements (kirani)AnnouncementsOfficial
Playtest & Feedback
Hi everyone! We are approaching our release date (it is in only 9 days!) and I want to make the game as good as possible, for that I need your help 🫵!Please check out the Playtest and give feedback on Capyvarias #game-discussion channel in Discord -> https://discord.com/invite/2AJq6bzH9A I'm specially looking for: Any bugs you may findHow the balancing feels (is the game too slow, too easy, too hard?)And general UX improvementsThe current playtest ends tomorrow, April 15th. There will be one final playtest starting this weekend and finishing by April 20th. Thank you all! Kirani PieboxRead full article on Community Announcements (Kirani)
