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Creature Lab

Image Power S.A. · CreativeForge Games S.A. · 2023-06-14

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 06, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 30, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

55%
positive of 407 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6.8h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 27 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (147 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 18,000 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.1k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 407 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.99-55%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 19 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520232026Week of 2023-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$2.992023-01-092026-08-272023-01-09 — best price $99.992023-06-22 — best price $19.992023-08-06 — best price $19.992023-08-26 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-11 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-01-22 — best price $11.992024-02-28 — best price $10.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-04-08 — best price $8.992024-05-27 — best price $19.992024-07-22 — best price $6.992024-09-16 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992024-12-16 — best price $19.992025-01-15 — best price $6.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-04-30 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-19 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-03 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
97.8%
earned "True genius"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3292%26
PS5 (PlayStation)1250%27
Xbox Series (Xbox)911%26

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

Player tags

DarkIndieHorrorSandboxZombiesCraftingStrategySimulationAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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