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APICO

ellraiser · Whitethorn Games · 2022-05-20

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

19
playing now
91%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 13% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–92k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,035 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
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 107 of 153 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

44132026-08-11 19:00 — 40 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 34 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 39 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 42 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 33 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 31 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 41 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 32 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 36 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 14 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.342022-05-202026-08-272022-05-20 — 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 $5.992026-08-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-30 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 18 pageviews2026-06-08 — 17 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 11 pageviews2026-06-17 — 8 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 2 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-23 — 7 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-29 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-22 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 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

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.

Player tags

2DCuteCasualNatureSandboxBuildingRelaxingTop-DownEducationManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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