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Freaking Meatbags cover art

Freaking Meatbags

Wild Factor · Plug In Digital · 2015-02-04

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 04, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 04, 2015 (Mac), Feb 04, 2015 (Linux)

Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 173 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.3k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 173 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$0.99-90%
IndieGala$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.01-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 97 of 134 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020142026Week of 2014-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.742015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $7.512015-05-05 — best price $6.482015-10-19 — best price $9.992016-05-16 — best price $2.392016-11-30 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-12-27 — best price $1.992018-07-06 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $1.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-31 — best price $9.992020-03-25 — best price $8.382020-06-12 — best price $9.992020-08-06 — best price $8.892020-09-22 — best price $8.892020-11-09 — best price $9.992021-01-01 — best price $2.002021-02-12 — best price $1.992021-04-05 — best price $8.382021-05-17 — best price $1.502021-07-15 — best price $1.992022-01-03 — best price $1.492022-06-06 — best price $1.992022-11-23 — best price $1.602023-02-16 — best price $1.992023-05-05 — best price $1.992023-07-25 — best price $7.862023-10-20 — best price $1.992024-01-15 — best price $1.692024-04-08 — best price $1.502024-07-17 — best price $1.502024-10-16 — best price $9.992025-02-01 — best price $9.992025-06-03 — best price $0.742025-09-30 — best price $9.992025-12-23 — best price $9.992026-03-17 — best price $0.992026-06-14 — best price $9.992026-08-19 — best price $0.992026-08-25 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

RTSIndieActionRobotsSci-fiBuildingStrategySurvivalSpace SimColony Sim

Census log

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

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