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Eco cover art

Eco

Strange Loop Games · 2018-02-06

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

720
playing now
81%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,774
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

720 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 720 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 6% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 351k–843k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,052 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 7 of 14 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

1.6k4532026-08-06 22:00 — 798 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 453 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 914 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1,084 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 618 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,261 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1,177 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 645 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,447 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1,173 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 533 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,082 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 973 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 505 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,039 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 970 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 499 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,289 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,360 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 495 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 827 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1,248 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 570 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 1,084 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,426 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 517 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 592 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,176 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 720 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

6392026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-04 — 22 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 18 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 22 pageviews2026-06-28 — 18 pageviews2026-07-01 — 22 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-10 — 22 pageviews2026-07-13 — 21 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 15 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-25 — 14 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 19 pageviews2026-08-12 — 29 pageviews2026-08-15 — 14 pageviews2026-08-18 — 14 pageviews2026-08-21 — 20 pageviews2026-08-24 — 26 pageviews2026-08-26 — 18 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.8k02026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1,233 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 1,297 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 1,534 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 1,774 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

Player tags

NatureEconomySandboxTradingBuildingCraftingOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

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