The Game Census
Boid cover art

Boid

Mokus · tinyBuild · 2016-07-08

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.

2
playing now
80%
positive of 753 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $1.19 at Humble Store (2017-07-17) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.002015-01-082026-08-132015-01-08 — best price $2.542015-01-15 — best price $2.992015-03-20 — best price $2.992015-04-14 — best price $5.992015-06-23 — best price $2.992016-01-19 — best price $5.992016-02-22 — best price $5.992016-04-15 — best price $4.492016-06-08 — best price $2.392016-07-04 — best price $5.992016-09-08 — best price $1.492017-06-22 — best price $1.982017-07-31 — best price $1.982017-11-16 — best price $2.992018-05-18 — best price $2.932019-08-26 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992019-12-07 — best price $5.992020-08-20 — best price $5.992021-03-08 — best price $5.992021-05-18 — best price $2.992021-10-22 — best price $3.292022-02-14 — best price $1.492022-07-18 — best price $1.492022-10-07 — best price $1.492022-12-23 — best price $1.492023-02-13 — best price $1.492023-05-15 — best price $1.492023-08-25 — best price $1.492023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-02-05 — best price $5.992024-05-21 — best price $5.992024-09-02 — best price $5.992025-09-04 — best price $5.992026-05-28 — best price $5.992026-08-13 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopIn-App PurchasesStats1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6921%24

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

Player tags

RTSIndieActionCasualStrategyMultiplayerFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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