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Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

Relic Entertainment · THQ Nordic · 2015-11-11

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 29, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.

Impossible Creatures Steam Edition is a Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 1848 reviews).

18
playing now
96%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Impossible Creatures is a 2003 steampunk real-time strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Its unique feature is that the armies used in gameplay are all created by the player, and involve combining two animals to make a new super creature with various abilities. The concept was inspired by H. G. Wells' novel The Island of Doctor Moreau. The player-created armies are capped at 9 creatures; each one is a combination of any two animals from a list of 76. Many animals possess inherent abilities and players can plan units and armies to combine multiple such abilities or compensate for weaknesses. There is an extensive single-player campaign as well as online multiplayer functionality with different game modes, add-ons, custom maps, mods, and scenarios.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 58 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 14,170 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–111k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,848 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.09 at WinGameStore (2026-07-15) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 89 of 146 observed days · $8.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3282026-09-15 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 11 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 24 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 20 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 24 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 26 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 27 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 30 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10315Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 103 · peak 277Mar 2016 — avg 27 · peak 231Jul 2016 — avg 27 · peak 71Nov 2016 — avg 19 · peak 56Mar 2017 — avg 19 · peak 42Jul 2017 — avg 25 · peak 66Nov 2017 — avg 44 · peak 290Mar 2018 — avg 20 · peak 48Jul 2018 — avg 26 · peak 60Nov 2018 — avg 19 · peak 62Mar 2019 — avg 19 · peak 49Jul 2019 — avg 20 · peak 46Nov 2019 — avg 20 · peak 40Mar 2020 — avg 30 · peak 84Jul 2020 — avg 32 · peak 65Nov 2020 — avg 27 · peak 69Mar 2021 — avg 30 · peak 69Jul 2021 — avg 23 · peak 45Nov 2021 — avg 20 · peak 42Mar 2022 — avg 18 · peak 44Jul 2022 — avg 21 · peak 40Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 43Mar 2023 — avg 24 · peak 50Jul 2023 — avg 25 · peak 46Nov 2023 — avg 23 · peak 46Mar 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54Jul 2024 — avg 20 · peak 41Nov 2024 — avg 19 · peak 38Mar 2025 — avg 20 · peak 50Jul 2025 — avg 24 · peak 54Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 43Mar 2026 — avg 18 · peak 45Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.80$1.092015-11-112026-10-152015-11-11 — best price $5.992016-06-07 — best price $9.992016-10-25 — best price $9.992017-03-02 — best price $2.492017-07-24 — best price $8.492017-12-27 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-12-02 — best price $8.492019-04-27 — best price $8.392019-08-30 — best price $9.992019-12-04 — best price $9.992020-03-09 — best price $9.992020-07-04 — best price $8.592020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-05-10 — best price $9.992021-09-02 — best price $9.992021-12-16 — best price $2.502022-04-11 — best price $2.492022-07-30 — best price $9.992022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-03-13 — best price $2.492023-06-15 — best price $9.992023-09-13 — best price $9.992024-01-08 — best price $8.092024-05-10 — best price $2.502024-09-06 — best price $2.492025-01-05 — best price $9.992025-04-30 — best price $1.472025-09-04 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $2.102026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-07-15 — best price $1.092026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

76272026-05-31 — 64 pageviews2026-06-04 — 36 pageviews2026-06-08 — 55 pageviews2026-06-12 — 49 pageviews2026-06-16 — 55 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 67 pageviews2026-06-28 — 44 pageviews2026-07-02 — 31 pageviews2026-07-06 — 44 pageviews2026-07-10 — 40 pageviews2026-07-14 — 53 pageviews2026-07-18 — 68 pageviews2026-07-22 — 42 pageviews2026-07-26 — 53 pageviews2026-07-30 — 63 pageviews2026-08-03 — 56 pageviews2026-08-07 — 57 pageviews2026-08-11 — 45 pageviews2026-08-15 — 52 pageviews2026-08-19 — 48 pageviews2026-08-23 — 48 pageviews2026-08-27 — 56 pageviews2026-08-31 — 76 pageviews2026-09-04 — 66 pageviews2026-09-08 — 43 pageviews2026-09-12 — 43 pageviews2026-09-16 — 53 pageviews2026-09-20 — 37 pageviews2026-09-24 — 52 pageviews2026-09-28 — 48 pageviews2026-10-02 — 41 pageviews2026-10-06 — 27 pageviews2026-10-09 — 56 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Player tags

RTSWarRetroActionSci-fiClassicStrategyAdventureReal-TimeMultiplayer

Census log

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

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