The Game Census
Plankton cover art

Plankton

PanGuoJun · 2016-10-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 27, 2016 (Mac), Oct 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Minimalist style game : plankton simulation, an electronic pet generated by math codes. Under your care it will slowly grow up and evolve.

1
playing now
69%
positive of 127 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$0.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 53% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 127 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.49-51%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2020-06-25) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 8 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.492016-10-282026-08-192016-10-28 — best price $1.992017-01-23 — best price $1.492017-06-18 — best price $1.992017-10-26 — best price $1.792018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-04-30 — best price $1.792018-08-27 — best price $1.992019-02-04 — best price $1.792019-05-20 — best price $1.992019-10-19 — best price $1.392019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-03-08 — best price $0.792020-08-19 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $0.792021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-06-19 — best price $0.992023-10-25 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-09-27 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-05-26 — best price $0.492025-08-07 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-08-19 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieCasualNatureClickerSurrealHand-drawnMinimalistSimulationAtmosphericProcedural Generation

Census log

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

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