The Game Census
Growth cover art

Growth

VoodooDuck · Assemble Entertainment · 2023-10-16

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 16, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 21, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Growth is a cozy, hexagonal-grid based soft-strategy game. Explore and populate a procedurally generated world by utilizing unique abilities of animals. Growth blends the beauty of cozy exploration with challenging navigation around obstacles.

90%
positive of 327 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.5k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 327 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.70 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-31) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 51 of 83 observed days · $0.29 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920232026Week of 2023-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.462023-10-162026-08-302023-10-16 — best price $8.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-12-25 — best price $7.492024-01-25 — best price $6.992024-02-19 — best price $9.992024-03-25 — best price $6.992024-05-01 — best price $6.692024-06-15 — best price $9.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-09-09 — best price $5.992024-10-11 — best price $5.992024-11-16 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-01-24 — best price $3.992025-02-23 — best price $3.392025-03-09 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-04-22 — best price $9.992025-05-14 — best price $2.992025-06-03 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-07-26 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $2.992025-10-07 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $2.992025-11-19 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-02-02 — best price $9.992026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-04-14 — best price $2.492026-05-11 — best price $2.492026-05-25 — best price $9.992026-06-19 — best price $2.492026-07-23 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
96.6%
earned "Deer Up!"
34%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5909%30
PS4 (PlayStation)24997%12
PS4 (PlayStation)14196%12
PS4 (PlayStation)14096%12
PS4 (PlayStation)9898%12
PS5 (PlayStation)73100%12
PS5 (PlayStation)58100%12
PS5 (PlayStation)51100%12
PS5 (PlayStation)50100%12
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DCozyIndieCasualNaturePuzzleRelaxingStrategySimulationExploration

Census log

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

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