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Chromosome Evil

S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L. · 2022-03-24

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Chromosome Evil is a 2022 Strategy game priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 358 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

2
playing now
82%
positive of 358 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

You are part of what remains of army forces, your brother, the one who took care of you when your parents died was also part of the army and went missing during a mission a few miles from where you are stationed with the objective to gather information about these underground holes from were these creatures are coming from. You decide to embark on one last journey of redemption to see your brother one more time. Good luck Commander!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (97 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 358 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.75-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.34 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 79 of 103 observed days · $5.41 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
797920222026Week of 2022-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
481Mar 2022Jan 2026Mar 2022 — avg 48 · peak 105Apr 2022 — avg 10 · peak 40May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 17Dec 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 2 · peak 13

▼ −1 avg players (−27.2%) vs prior month — Jan 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.342022-03-242026-10-142022-03-24 — best price $12.742022-07-29 — best price $11.242022-11-22 — best price $11.242023-02-11 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-08-01 — best price $14.992023-09-18 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-03-20 — best price $11.242024-04-24 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-08-14 — best price $8.992024-10-09 — best price $10.042024-11-07 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-01-27 — best price $14.992025-04-11 — best price $14.992025-05-19 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $2.242025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-10-16 — best price $7.492025-11-06 — best price $7.492025-12-18 — best price $1.342026-01-22 — best price $14.992026-02-28 — best price $7.492026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-17 — best price $14.992026-05-19 — best price $6.752026-07-17 — best price $14.992026-08-25 — best price $6.752026-09-02 — best price $6.752026-09-08 — best price $6.752026-09-14 — best price $6.752026-09-20 — best price $6.752026-09-26 — best price $6.752026-10-02 — best price $6.752026-10-08 — best price $6.752026-10-14 — best price $6.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
21.2%
earned "Escape"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2022-05-02, latest 2024-02-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1212%19

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

Player tags

RTSWarZombiesStrategySurvivalSimulationAtmosphericSingleplayerPsychologicalChoices Matter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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