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Bug & Seek

So Peculiar · 2023-12-06

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 14, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 06, 2023 (Mac), Dec 06, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 31, 2024 (Android), Dec 23, 2024 (iOS)

Catch 200+ real life bugs in this peaceful creature collector. You’ve bought the local insectarium (bug zoo) in the cozy town of Buggburg, so start swinging your net to build your dream bug collection and create the best insectarium Buggburg has ever seen.

Bug & Seek is a Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 265 reviews).

91%
positive of 267 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Being developed by a husband-wife dev team living in the woods, Bug & Seek is a relaxing, open-ended, bug catching simulator with a mystery twist. In Bug & Seek, you've just sunk your life savings into buying an abandoned Insectarium (bug museum)! Once the lifeblood of the town and its economy, someone stole all the bugs in the dead of night. Now it's up to you to catch and sell bugs to fulfill requests from collectors, neighboring towns, schools, and universities, all while building your personal collection. Become a master bug hunter as you level up your bug-catching skills, upgrade your equ(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 52% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.3k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 267 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-11-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720232026Week of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492023-12-062026-08-032023-12-06 — best price $12.742024-01-18 — best price $11.992024-03-04 — best price $11.242024-03-14 — best price $11.242024-04-22 — best price $11.692024-05-14 — best price $11.992024-06-04 — best price $11.242024-06-15 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $11.242024-08-15 — best price $10.492024-09-23 — best price $9.892024-10-18 — best price $9.892024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-01-13 — best price $14.992025-03-08 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-20 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-21 — best price $14.992025-09-01 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-17 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-09 — best price $14.992026-03-18 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-06-21 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-03 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
83.1%
earned "Bug Catcher"
14.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-01-18, latest 2025-08-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9410%37
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

2DCozyCuteRetroNatureScienceRelaxingEducationWholesomeOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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