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Eco

Strange Loop Games · 2018-02-06

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Feb 06, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.

Eco is an Adventure, Indie, Simulation and Early Access game released in 2018, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (81% of 14073 reviews) rating.

411
playing now
81%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
21
twitch viewers (latest)
5.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

411 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Eco is a simulation game created by American studio Strange Loop Games, in which players have to work together to create a civilization on a virtual planet. The game values a gentle use of natural resources and is used both as an entertainment and educational tool.

Trailer

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Eco Official Trailer

≈584,818 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 411 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 402 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~50/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,752 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 352k–846k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,099 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $22.49 at Steam (2024-02-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
40440420182026Week of 2018-02-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2142026-09-15 12:00 — 604 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 869 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 315 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 710 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1,107 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 318 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 421 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 760 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 414 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 607 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 756 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 372 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 269 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 539 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 617 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 263 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 500 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 536 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 220 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 615 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 834 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 299 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 411 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.0k0Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 9Mar 2018 — avg 2,880 · peak 6,905Jun 2018 — avg 476 · peak 1,200Sep 2018 — avg 393 · peak 977Dec 2018 — avg 332 · peak 819Mar 2019 — avg 673 · peak 1,752Jun 2019 — avg 431 · peak 1,078Sep 2019 — avg 354 · peak 736Dec 2019 — avg 475 · peak 1,157Mar 2020 — avg 836 · peak 1,728Jun 2020 — avg 573 · peak 1,242Sep 2020 — avg 1,668 · peak 4,619Dec 2020 — avg 1,066 · peak 2,337Mar 2021 — avg 2,034 · peak 3,907Jun 2021 — avg 1,126 · peak 2,179Sep 2021 — avg 1,260 · peak 2,569Dec 2021 — avg 803 · peak 1,700Mar 2022 — avg 886 · peak 1,703Jun 2022 — avg 867 · peak 1,694Sep 2022 — avg 941 · peak 1,963Dec 2022 — avg 986 · peak 2,153Mar 2023 — avg 924 · peak 1,783Jun 2023 — avg 599 · peak 1,167Sep 2023 — avg 669 · peak 1,352Dec 2023 — avg 2,113 · peak 5,537Mar 2024 — avg 1,045 · peak 2,042Jun 2024 — avg 649 · peak 1,459Sep 2024 — avg 849 · peak 1,825Dec 2024 — avg 692 · peak 1,418Mar 2025 — avg 988 · peak 1,917Jun 2025 — avg 622 · peak 1,318Sep 2025 — avg 559 · peak 1,136Dec 2025 — avg 548 · peak 1,168Mar 2026 — avg 529 · peak 1,071Jun 2026 — avg 470 · peak 898Aug 2026 — avg 829 · peak 1,659
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
222026-09-212026-10-142026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 1 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$22.492018-02-072026-08-142018-02-07 — best price $29.992019-06-26 — best price $25.492019-11-01 — best price $29.992019-12-19 — best price $25.492020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-10-29 — best price $25.492020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-05-27 — best price $25.492021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-08-06 — best price $29.992021-11-01 — best price $29.992021-12-22 — best price $25.492022-01-27 — best price $25.492022-03-04 — best price $29.992022-04-13 — best price $25.492022-04-26 — best price $29.992022-06-03 — best price $25.492022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $25.492023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-04-17 — best price $25.492023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-11-22 — best price $25.492023-12-19 — best price $29.992024-02-29 — best price $22.492024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-05-27 — best price $23.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-11-27 — best price $22.492025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-01 — best price $23.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $22.492025-11-16 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $22.492026-04-15 — best price $29.992026-08-07 — best price $22.492026-08-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3882026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 16 pageviews2026-06-06 — 30 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-24 — 17 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 17 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 28 pageviews2026-08-17 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews2026-08-29 — 18 pageviews2026-09-02 — 10 pageviews2026-09-06 — 13 pageviews2026-09-10 — 18 pageviews2026-09-14 — 29 pageviews2026-09-18 — 11 pageviews2026-09-22 — 21 pageviews2026-09-26 — 19 pageviews2026-09-30 — 20 pageviews2026-10-04 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

41102026-09-30 22:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 101 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 147 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 411 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 21 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
26.5%
earned "Chop Chop"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App Purchases

10 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Russian, German, Japanese

Where its players are

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

Player tags

NatureEconomySandboxTradingBuildingCraftingOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerEarly Access

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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