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Mudborne: Frog Management Sim

ellraiser · Future Friends Games · 2025-03-20

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Mudborne: Frog Management Sim is a Casual game released in 2025, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 1071 reviews).

9
playing now
97%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 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
  • · 9 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 8% of 29,137 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,071 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 9 of 18 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

1822026-09-15 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25712Mar 2025Aug 2026Mar 2025 — avg 257 · peak 545Apr 2025 — avg 71 · peak 193May 2025 — avg 39 · peak 92Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 52Jul 2025 — avg 37 · peak 111Aug 2025 — avg 23 · peak 50Sep 2025 — avg 14 · peak 31Oct 2025 — avg 17 · peak 44Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 45Dec 2025 — avg 20 · peak 52Jan 2026 — avg 51 · peak 282Feb 2026 — avg 33 · peak 116Mar 2026 — avg 20 · peak 45Apr 2026 — avg 18 · peak 48May 2026 — avg 15 · peak 31Jun 2026 — avg 16 · peak 38Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-04-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCuteCasualNatureFantasyColorfulCraftingTop-DownEducationManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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