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Lyca

Syphono4 · 2025-04-07

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 07, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 23, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

A small, relaxing, incremental game about restoring a barren wasteland into a lush meadow. Help the magical wolf Lyca run through the land, gather resources, and unlock a vast upgrade tree.

Lyca is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $2.49, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1343 reviews).

11
playing now
82%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 88 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 47% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 27k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,343 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-09-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 68 of 100 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16516520252026Week of 2025-04-07: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2602026-09-15 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 26 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
726Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 72 · peak 200May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 67Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 78Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 32Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 40Sep 2025 — avg 48 · peak 347Oct 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46Nov 2025 — avg 24 · peak 57Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 44Jan 2026 — avg 22 · peak 52Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 51Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 40May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 60 · peak 566Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 49Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 55
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$2.242025-04-072026-08-232025-04-07 — best price $3.992025-05-28 — best price $3.992025-07-31 — best price $3.992025-09-12 — best price $3.992025-09-25 — best price $4.992025-10-07 — best price $3.992025-10-24 — best price $4.992025-11-06 — best price $3.312025-11-17 — best price $4.082025-11-28 — best price $4.992025-12-11 — best price $2.532025-12-19 — best price $2.992025-12-31 — best price $4.992026-01-11 — best price $2.992026-03-07 — best price $2.992026-03-17 — best price $2.492026-03-23 — best price $4.082026-04-09 — best price $2.992026-04-17 — best price $2.992026-04-30 — best price $4.992026-05-11 — best price $2.992026-05-19 — best price $2.992026-05-28 — best price $4.992026-06-15 — best price $4.002026-07-01 — best price $2.992026-07-13 — best price $2.242026-07-19 — best price $4.992026-07-28 — best price $4.002026-08-03 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.492026-08-19 — best price $2.992026-08-23 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
99.4%
earned "Grass!"
65.2%
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

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,01554%12

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

Player tags

2DIdlerCasualNatureClickerEconomyAbstractColorfulRelaxingStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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