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APICO

ellraiser · Whitethorn Games · 2022-05-20

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CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 20, 2022 (Linux), Jun 22, 2023 (Xbox One), May 20, 2022 (Mac), Jul 07, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.

APICO is a Casual and Simulation game released in 2022 for $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (92% of 2,042 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-12

13
playing now
92%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (60 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

APICO is a 2022 beekeeping simulation video game developed by TNgineers and published by Whitethorn Games. It was released on 20 May 2022 to coincide with World Bee Day.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 110 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 29,050 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,042 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-04-09) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 96 of 142 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23323320222026Week of 2022-05-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4772026-09-15 00:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 19 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 21 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 47 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 33 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 40 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 28 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 28 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
35314May 2022Aug 2026May 2022 — avg 353 · peak 635Jul 2022 — avg 46 · peak 99Sep 2022 — avg 20 · peak 62Nov 2022 — avg 43 · peak 180Jan 2023 — avg 32 · peak 85Mar 2023 — avg 25 · peak 53May 2023 — avg 110 · peak 617Jul 2023 — avg 39 · peak 85Sep 2023 — avg 38 · peak 214Nov 2023 — avg 46 · peak 105Jan 2024 — avg 40 · peak 97Mar 2024 — avg 41 · peak 94May 2024 — avg 84 · peak 184Jul 2024 — avg 67 · peak 120Sep 2024 — avg 39 · peak 103Nov 2024 — avg 30 · peak 73Jan 2025 — avg 38 · peak 94Mar 2025 — avg 40 · peak 83May 2025 — avg 46 · peak 129Jul 2025 — avg 36 · peak 83Sep 2025 — avg 31 · peak 79Nov 2025 — avg 28 · peak 58Jan 2026 — avg 39 · peak 94Mar 2026 — avg 32 · peak 69May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 54Jul 2026 — avg 35 · peak 65Aug 2026 — avg 35 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.342022-05-202026-10-082022-05-20 — best price $15.172022-08-09 — best price $15.882022-11-20 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $14.992023-02-02 — best price $14.992023-04-05 — best price $14.992023-05-09 — best price $14.992023-06-12 — best price $11.822023-07-17 — best price $11.692023-08-14 — best price $11.242023-09-24 — best price $19.992023-12-11 — best price $11.132024-01-12 — best price $11.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-04-08 — best price $10.492024-05-13 — best price $8.762024-07-01 — best price $10.742024-08-15 — best price $8.992024-09-24 — best price $19.192024-10-28 — best price $7.152024-12-03 — best price $19.992025-01-16 — best price $15.112025-02-24 — best price $15.112025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-05-26 — best price $19.992025-07-15 — best price $7.642025-08-19 — best price $13.942025-09-25 — best price $6.992025-11-11 — best price $15.882025-12-11 — best price $5.562026-01-15 — best price $5.952026-02-14 — best price $6.002026-03-18 — best price $6.002026-04-20 — best price $13.942026-05-19 — best price $4.992026-07-02 — best price $19.992026-08-06 — best price $5.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1812026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-03 — 2 pageviews2026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 3 pageviews2026-06-19 — 10 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1 pageviews2026-07-01 — 11 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-09 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-29 — 2 pageviews2026-08-02 — 2 pageviews2026-08-06 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 pageviews2026-08-30 — 5 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 2 pageviews2026-09-15 — 9 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.6%
earned "First Steps"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls4 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-10-15, latest 2024-05-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,9003%72
PS5 (PlayStation)1278%65
Xbox One (Xbox)1000%72
PS4 (PlayStation)307%65
Switch (Nintendo)210%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteCasualNatureSandboxBuildingRelaxingTop-DownEducationManagement

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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