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Gridworld

DopplerFrog · 2015-12-24

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 24, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 24, 2015 (Linux)

Gridworld is an artificial life and evolution simulator. Watch creatures evolve through natural selection as they learn to find food, avoid danger, and compete with other creatures for survival.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 243 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 48% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.1k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 243 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2026-01-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 6 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.49$0.692015-04-302026-03-262015-04-30 — best price $2.492015-12-24 — best price $0.992025-09-21 — best price $0.792025-09-29 — best price $0.792025-10-06 — best price $0.992026-01-22 — best price $0.692026-02-05 — best price $0.992026-02-09 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.392026-03-26 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundIncludes level editorCommentary availableFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIdlerNatureSandboxScienceAbstractCartoonyGod GameLife SimSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.