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Mudborne: Frog Management Sim

ellraiser · Future Friends Games · 2025-03-20

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 20, 2025 (Linux), Mar 20, 2025 (Mac), Mar 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! Awoken from hibernation you find your pond abandoned. Through the genetic keys of new species you must unlock the paths between the waking & dreaming worlds, and embark on a journey to restore lost populations.

4
playing now
97%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

MUD BORN, IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP! Mudborne is a casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs! You awaken from your hibernation to find your pond abandoned and empty. Through a combination of crafting minigames, menu management and puzzle solving, experiment with genetics to breed new frogs and recover what was lost. Using the genetic keys of the new species you create you can unlock the paths between the waking and dreaming worlds, explore the land of those still hibernating, and embark on a journey to help restore the lost populations and find out what happened.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (244 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,066 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.59 at Steam (2026-01-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23823820252026Week of 2025-03-20: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1242026-08-26 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$5.592025-03-202026-07-272025-03-20 — best price $7.192025-04-03 — best price $7.992025-05-13 — best price $6.392025-05-20 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $6.392025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-07-17 — best price $5.992025-07-28 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $6.392025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-11-11 — best price $6.392025-11-17 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $7.992026-01-23 — best price $5.592026-02-06 — best price $7.992026-03-08 — best price $5.992026-03-15 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $5.592026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-04-17 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $7.992026-05-24 — best price $6.392026-06-07 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $5.592026-07-09 — best price $7.992026-07-20 — best price $5.592026-07-27 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.4%
earned "Catch Me If You Can"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Player tags

2DCuteCasualNatureFantasyColorfulCraftingTop-DownEducationManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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