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Biotope

MBL Development · 2019-07-23

Steam

CasualSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 23, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 23, 2019 (Mac)

Biotope will be the most detailed and realistic aquarium simulator on the market. Biotope makes it possible to create complex aquarist ecosystems and simulate realistic life cycles of plants and fish.

42%
positive of 219 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (61 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,322 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.5k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 219 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.50 at GreenManGaming (2026-07-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.00 · on sale 0 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720192026Week of 2019-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Japanese

Player tags

3DCasualSandboxScienceLife SimRelaxingEducationRealisticManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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