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Bee Island

Lemma Arts · 2023-08-25

Steam

ActionCasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Play solo or in co-op with friends, take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!

Bee Island is a $9.99 Action, Casual, Indie and Simulation game released in 2023, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 1710 reviews).

10
playing now
87%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 198 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,710 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Game Jolt (2021-01-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25325320232026Week of 2023-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3522026-09-15 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 15 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1285Aug 2023Aug 2026Aug 2023 — avg 97 · peak 251Sep 2023 — avg 55 · peak 206Oct 2023 — avg 14 · peak 40Nov 2023 — avg 20 · peak 72Dec 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 23Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 111Jul 2024 — avg 33 · peak 88Aug 2024 — avg 18 · peak 56Sep 2024 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 35Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Apr 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2025 — avg 128 · peak 1,396Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 145Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 53Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 28Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 40Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 10 · peak 31Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2026 — avg 24 · peak 87Apr 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18May 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 53Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.002020-06-222026-07-202020-06-22 — best price $5.002021-01-26 — best price $1.002023-09-04 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-01-15 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-08 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $6.492024-10-21 — best price $6.492024-11-27 — best price $4.992024-12-09 — best price $6.492024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-01-20 — best price $6.492025-03-03 — best price $6.492025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $6.492025-05-24 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-14 — best price $6.492025-08-25 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-13 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-09 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-05-11 — best price $6.492026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-13 — best price $6.492026-07-20 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
86.9%
earned "Little bees say not ZZZ but zzz"
34.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

24 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6825%24

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

Player tags

3DWarFunnyIndiePhysicsSandboxStrategySurvivalAdventureController

Census log

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

Recent updates

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