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Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox

Pill Bug Interactive · 2017-05-12

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 12, 2017 (Mac), May 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 12, 2017 (Linux)

Polygons eating polygons eating polygons. An evolution sandbox where the genetics really are simulated. Seed a world, walk away, and come back to species neither of us designed. Watch populations boom, bust and go extinct. Best left on a second monitor.

45%
positive of 149 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (43 reviews).
  • · Top 50% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 149 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.76 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.042017-02-052026-07-282017-02-05 — best price $2.492017-06-29 — best price $5.592017-09-05 — best price $6.992018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-07-05 — best price $6.992018-11-27 — best price $6.992019-04-08 — best price $6.992019-10-07 — best price $6.992019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-06-15 — best price $6.992020-10-05 — best price $6.992021-01-18 — best price $6.992021-05-03 — best price $6.992021-11-01 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-03-07 — best price $1.042022-06-24 — best price $1.042022-09-26 — best price $1.042022-12-05 — best price $1.042023-03-16 — best price $1.042023-06-19 — best price $1.042023-09-09 — best price $2.442023-11-06 — best price $1.042023-12-21 — best price $1.042024-04-08 — best price $1.042024-06-10 — best price $6.992024-09-02 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-04-14 — best price $6.992025-07-21 — best price $6.992025-12-01 — best price $6.992026-03-16 — best price $6.992026-06-15 — best price $6.992026-07-28 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
22.3%
earned "Balance "
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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Player tags

IdlerNatureSandboxScienceAbstractGod GameLife SimRelaxingStrategyEducation

Census log

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

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