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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.

Gridworld is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2015, priced at $1.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 243 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

1
playing now
86%
positive of 243 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 82% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (72 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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 3 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
626220152026Week of 2015-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
641Dec 2015Jun 2026Dec 2015 — avg 20 · peak 40Mar 2016 — avg 12 · peak 29Jun 2016 — avg 6 · peak 21Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 12Dec 2016 — avg 5 · peak 13Mar 2017 — avg 6 · peak 13Jun 2017 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 11Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 7Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 9Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 7Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2023 — avg 3 · peak 6Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Sep 2025 — avg 16 · peak 56Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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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