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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!

19
playing now
87%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 19 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 27% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 34k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,687 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 10 of 19 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

2332026-08-11 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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