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Birthdays the Beginning

Arc System Works · NIS America, Inc. · 2017-05-09

SteamPlayStation Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 09, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jun 08, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

The origins of the world are yours to decide in this engaging and open-ended builder experience! Shape the geography, control the temperature, and give rise to diverse lifeforms. Witness the birth of an entirely new ecosystem, made with your very own hands!

Birthdays the Beginning is a Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (64% of 988 reviews).

4
playing now
64%
positive of 988 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.04★
PlayStation Store rating (1,242 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Birthdays the Beginning is a life simulation sandbox game developed by Arc System Works for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in 2017. A Nintendo Switch port, called Happy Birthdays , was released in 2018.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 16,907 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 988 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2022-10-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1060Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0May 2017 — avg 106 · peak 616Aug 2017 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2017 — avg 11 · peak 55Feb 2018 — avg 13 · peak 75May 2018 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2018 — avg 12 · peak 51Feb 2019 — avg 12 · peak 39May 2019 — avg 10 · peak 37Aug 2019 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 23Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2020 — avg 11 · peak 41Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Feb 2021 — avg 10 · peak 23May 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$3.992017-05-092026-07-092017-05-09 — best price $29.992017-07-10 — best price $29.992017-09-07 — best price $29.992017-12-14 — best price $19.992018-02-19 — best price $15.992018-05-07 — best price $15.992018-07-06 — best price $39.992018-10-26 — best price $13.992018-12-31 — best price $39.992019-03-07 — best price $39.992019-05-10 — best price $9.992019-07-31 — best price $11.992019-10-09 — best price $39.992019-12-07 — best price $39.992020-01-20 — best price $9.992020-03-18 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — best price $7.992020-08-07 — best price $7.492020-11-17 — best price $9.992021-02-01 — best price $5.992021-04-02 — best price $5.992021-06-22 — best price $9.992021-11-18 — best price $5.002021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-03-12 — best price $19.992022-06-14 — best price $19.992022-09-30 — best price $4.992022-12-12 — best price $3.992023-04-25 — best price $3.992023-07-21 — best price $4.002023-11-17 — best price $3.992024-02-26 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-09-16 — best price $19.992024-12-13 — best price $4.002025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-07-11 — best price $19.992025-10-08 — best price $19.992025-12-11 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2852026-05-30 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 26 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 13 pageviews2026-06-15 — 17 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-23 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 26 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 15 pageviews2026-07-09 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 17 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-29 — 19 pageviews2026-08-02 — 16 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-10 — 22 pageviews2026-08-14 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 15 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-26 — 17 pageviews2026-08-30 — 13 pageviews2026-09-03 — 13 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 14 pageviews2026-09-15 — 14 pageviews2026-09-19 — 16 pageviews2026-09-23 — 11 pageviews2026-09-27 — 19 pageviews2026-10-01 — 8 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
92%
earned "Cubecraft"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2017-05-09, latest 2017-05-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,3843%43
Steam (Steam)8900%43
PS4 (PlayStation)19112%43
PS4 (PlayStation)16311%43

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

Player tags

CuteCasualSandboxGod GameDinosaursSimulationSingleplayerFamily FriendlyCreature Collector

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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