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Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

Knuckle Cracker · 2014-03-27

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 27, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 27, 2014 (Mac)

Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 4829 reviews).

136
playing now
96%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

136 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal trailer thumbnail

First Look: Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal !

≈24,469 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 136 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 107 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 121k–290k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,829 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2015-06-12) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12412420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2081042026-09-15 13:00 — 147 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 158 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 124 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 170 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 208 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 138 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 146 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 199 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 130 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 145 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 192 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 112 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 112 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 169 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 169 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 118 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 172 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 154 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 119 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 177 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 188 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 110 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 136 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
51792Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 167 · peak 1,334Jul 2014 — avg 184 · peak 468Nov 2014 — avg 113 · peak 298Mar 2015 — avg 122 · peak 226Jul 2015 — avg 219 · peak 467Nov 2015 — avg 165 · peak 738Mar 2016 — avg 156 · peak 269Jul 2016 — avg 193 · peak 387Nov 2016 — avg 155 · peak 379Mar 2017 — avg 130 · peak 243Jul 2017 — avg 172 · peak 329Nov 2017 — avg 174 · peak 321Mar 2018 — avg 226 · peak 402Jul 2018 — avg 280 · peak 477Nov 2018 — avg 247 · peak 470Mar 2019 — avg 276 · peak 539Jul 2019 — avg 263 · peak 490Nov 2019 — avg 274 · peak 467Mar 2020 — avg 275 · peak 421Jul 2020 — avg 380 · peak 599Nov 2020 — avg 291 · peak 446Mar 2021 — avg 237 · peak 378Jul 2021 — avg 204 · peak 311Nov 2021 — avg 202 · peak 331Mar 2022 — avg 194 · peak 289Jul 2022 — avg 194 · peak 290Nov 2022 — avg 178 · peak 299Mar 2023 — avg 186 · peak 305Jul 2023 — avg 174 · peak 264Nov 2023 — avg 176 · peak 274Mar 2024 — avg 174 · peak 276Jul 2024 — avg 184 · peak 287Nov 2024 — avg 153 · peak 239Mar 2025 — avg 167 · peak 261Jul 2025 — avg 147 · peak 238Nov 2025 — avg 155 · peak 251Mar 2026 — avg 141 · peak 232Jul 2026 — avg 131 · peak 203Aug 2026 — avg 127 · peak 198
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $4.942015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-12-22 — best price $4.942016-06-23 — best price $2.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $11.992018-03-26 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $9.892018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-05-23 — best price $4.952019-07-15 — best price $14.992019-11-18 — best price $3.712019-12-16 — best price $14.992020-02-11 — best price $13.492020-04-14 — best price $14.992020-05-21 — best price $3.712020-09-07 — best price $14.992020-12-03 — best price $3.712021-01-15 — best price $14.992021-04-22 — best price $3.712021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-09-23 — best price $3.702021-11-01 — best price $14.992021-12-02 — best price $4.942022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-01-28 — best price $11.012022-02-25 — best price $14.992022-04-29 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $4.942024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $4.942025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $4.942026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
98.9%
earned "Arc Eternal Pioneer"
53%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,1041%139

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRTSIndieSci-fiStrategySurvivalTop-DownAddictiveSimulationLevel Editor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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