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Microtopia

Cordyceps Collective · Goblinz Publishing · 2025-02-18

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 18, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

Microtopia is a Simulation and Strategy game priced at $19.99 and released in 2025, estimated to have 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment from 88% of 968 reviews.

40
playing now
88%
positive of 968 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
Nexus mods (1.5k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

In Microtopia you'll manage a colony of robot ants, design a network of transport trails, explore unique environments and expand your settlement. Your goal? To reproduce! Create young queens that will fly out during the nuptial flight to spread out to distant lands. Starting the cycle anew.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 40 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (247 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 16,643 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 968 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.31 at IndieGala Store (2026-07-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 96 of 158 observed days · $12.68 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23123120252026Week of 2025-02-18: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

62152026-09-15 00:00 — 22 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 26 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 38 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 41 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 46 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 53 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 33 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 36 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 50 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 47 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 35 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 52 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 49 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 35 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 36 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 36 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 36 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 43 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 40 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
94732Feb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 947 · peak 1,595Mar 2025 — avg 390 · peak 1,307Apr 2025 — avg 149 · peak 340May 2025 — avg 72 · peak 154Jun 2025 — avg 37 · peak 77Jul 2025 — avg 59 · peak 174Aug 2025 — avg 39 · peak 76Sep 2025 — avg 78 · peak 259Oct 2025 — avg 76 · peak 188Nov 2025 — avg 46 · peak 95Dec 2025 — avg 45 · peak 106Jan 2026 — avg 57 · peak 105Feb 2026 — avg 59 · peak 184Mar 2026 — avg 59 · peak 157Apr 2026 — avg 42 · peak 99May 2026 — avg 32 · peak 70Jun 2026 — avg 37 · peak 72Jul 2026 — avg 32 · peak 60Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.312025-02-172026-10-142025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-05 — best price $17.992025-05-20 — best price $19.992025-07-14 — best price $14.992025-08-13 — best price $15.992025-09-16 — best price $13.992025-10-01 — best price $11.992025-10-18 — best price $19.992025-11-10 — best price $19.992025-11-24 — best price $11.992025-12-07 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-13 — best price $19.392026-02-17 — best price $12.322026-03-04 — best price $19.392026-03-20 — best price $11.992026-04-16 — best price $9.992026-05-01 — best price $13.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-06-01 — best price $19.992026-06-09 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.882026-07-14 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $16.842026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $8.492026-09-01 — best price $9.992026-09-07 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $9.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
98.5%
earned "Ant of the Future"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-02-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8071%16

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

Player tags

3DRobotsSci-fiSandboxColorfulCraftingAutomationColony SimFuturisticManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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