The Game Census
Bacteria cover art

Bacteria

Sometimes You · 2016-03-23

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 23, 2016 (Linux), Mar 23, 2016 (Mac), Mar 23, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

'Bacteria' - A relaxing puzzle game based on the rules of the cellular automaton ‘Life’ devised by John Horton Conway in 1970.

47
playing now
58%
positive of 422 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.49
steam price (US)

47 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 422 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.49-51%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.20 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-02) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

10602026-08-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 49 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 31 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 38 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 102 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 47 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.202016-03-232026-08-242016-03-23 — best price $0.882016-06-23 — best price $0.742016-11-23 — best price $0.592017-01-26 — best price $0.992017-05-11 — best price $0.692017-09-18 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-04-16 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $0.492019-01-10 — best price $0.592019-04-22 — best price $0.492019-08-26 — best price $0.492019-12-01 — best price $0.592020-01-12 — best price $0.692020-03-30 — best price $0.992020-07-27 — best price $0.492020-11-21 — best price $0.592021-02-15 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-11-15 — best price $0.992022-02-03 — best price $0.992022-06-20 — best price $0.992022-10-03 — best price $0.992022-12-12 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-03-11 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $0.992024-11-25 — best price $0.992025-02-24 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-11-24 — best price $0.992026-04-06 — best price $0.992026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,40742%6

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzle

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.