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Microbial Sector

MadBug Studio · 2024-10-09

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulationStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's your first day as a lifeform researcher, and while you don’t know much about the job, you're desperate for the paycheck. What could possibly go wrong?

96%
positive of 320 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

It's your first day as a lifeform researcher, and while you don’t know much about the job, you're desperate for the paycheck. What could possibly go wrong?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 29,915 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020242026Week of 2024-10-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-09-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-23: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

7
achievements tracked
67.4%
earned "Mutate"
39%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14758%7

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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