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Loddlenaut

Moon Lagoon · Secret Mode · 2023-11-16

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 16, 2023 (Mac), Nov 16, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Play as an interstellar custodian sent to clean up a polluted ocean planet. Pick up trash, explore the vibrant waters, and take care of axolotl-like alien creatures!

Loddlenaut is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 6137 reviews).

22
playing now
98%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Loddlenaut is a creature-raising survival game that takes place on an ocean planet. Play as an interstellar custodian who is sent to clean up an abandoned planet polluted by a mega-corporation as you get it ready for the next company to move in. Your mission: to clean up GUP-14, a small ocean planet that was once the home of GUPPI, a mega-corporation that makes and sells everything from soda to rockets. When you first arrive on the planet, you’ll find yourself amid murky waters, oil spills, and scattered junk. Within the polluted environments, you’ll find remnants of GUPPI’s buildings, ships, (Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Loddlenaut trailer thumbnail

Loddlenaut – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch

≈3,160 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 726 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~91/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 125k–282k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,265 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.86 at GameBillet (2025-11-24) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 109 of 149 observed days · $0.13 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
41341320232026Week of 2023-11-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5002026-09-14 23:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 45 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 41 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 39 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 50 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 41 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 43 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 44 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 30 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 38 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 24 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 33 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 34 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 39 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 28 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 33 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10315Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 103 · peak 368Dec 2023 — avg 35 · peak 106Jan 2024 — avg 65 · peak 360Feb 2024 — avg 16 · peak 41Mar 2024 — avg 26 · peak 82Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 55May 2024 — avg 69 · peak 203Jun 2024 — avg 72 · peak 280Jul 2024 — avg 50 · peak 117Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 71Sep 2024 — avg 69 · peak 290Oct 2024 — avg 45 · peak 126Nov 2024 — avg 46 · peak 133Dec 2024 — avg 43 · peak 102Jan 2025 — avg 37 · peak 127Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 45Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 90Apr 2025 — avg 23 · peak 55May 2025 — avg 61 · peak 179Jun 2025 — avg 38 · peak 89Jul 2025 — avg 33 · peak 78Aug 2025 — avg 31 · peak 78Sep 2025 — avg 24 · peak 60Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 59Nov 2025 — avg 36 · peak 86Dec 2025 — avg 33 · peak 78Jan 2026 — avg 33 · peak 82Feb 2026 — avg 32 · peak 77Mar 2026 — avg 26 · peak 78Apr 2026 — avg 29 · peak 67May 2026 — avg 61 · peak 206Jun 2026 — avg 34 · peak 102Jul 2026 — avg 27 · peak 62Aug 2026 — avg 52 · peak 218
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.862023-10-202026-10-122023-10-20 — best price $17.992024-01-18 — best price $14.992024-03-17 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $19.992024-06-05 — best price $17.882024-07-23 — best price $17.992024-08-15 — best price $12.992024-09-26 — best price $9.982024-10-24 — best price $9.652024-11-11 — best price $19.992024-12-01 — best price $9.652024-12-24 — best price $9.542025-01-05 — best price $14.392025-01-28 — best price $9.642025-02-21 — best price $7.802025-03-06 — best price $8.992025-04-01 — best price $16.972025-04-29 — best price $6.792025-05-23 — best price $9.002025-06-27 — best price $9.002025-07-22 — best price $14.372025-08-16 — best price $7.682025-09-04 — best price $15.932025-09-30 — best price $8.942025-10-25 — best price $9.002025-11-24 — best price $3.862025-12-12 — best price $18.792026-01-23 — best price $5.402026-02-19 — best price $6.392026-03-23 — best price $19.992026-04-17 — best price $17.192026-05-21 — best price $5.742026-06-13 — best price $17.882026-07-14 — best price $19.792026-08-06 — best price $4.752026-09-04 — best price $3.992026-10-12 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "Learning the Ropes"
49.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,70128%23
Switch (Nintendo)440%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DCozyCuteCasualSci-fiSandboxColorfulRelaxingAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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