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Earthtongue cover art

Earthtongue

June Strings · junestrings · 2015-04-27

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2015 (Mac)

Care for a miniature ecosystem in a strange world, exert limited influence to encourage the growth of different fungi and bugs and try to maintain the balance of life.

Earthtongue is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 210 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 211 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.3k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 211 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2016-12-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220152026Week of 2015-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.00$1.242015-02-072026-07-092015-02-07 — best price $4.002015-10-29 — best price $2.492015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-11-23 — best price $2.492017-01-16 — best price $2.492017-04-03 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $4.992017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-04-16 — best price $4.992018-09-03 — best price $4.992018-11-19 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-04-01 — best price $4.992019-06-08 — best price $4.992019-10-14 — best price $2.492019-11-27 — best price $2.492020-01-26 — best price $2.492020-03-04 — best price $4.492020-05-12 — best price $3.662020-06-25 — best price $2.492020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-01-25 — best price $2.492021-03-15 — best price $2.492021-11-30 — best price $2.492021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-07-18 — best price $4.992022-11-07 — best price $4.992023-01-23 — best price $4.992023-07-24 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-04-22 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-12-06 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
58.9%
earned "Pink Mold"
20.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-04-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7664%35

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

Player tags

2DIndieNatureSandboxGod GameRelaxingManagementSimulationSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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