The Game Census
Plankton cover art

Plankton

PanGuoJun · 2016-10-27

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Plankton is a 2016 Casual, Indie and Simulation game priced at $0.49, with a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 127 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
69%
positive of 127 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 29,050 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.2k–7.6k copies

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

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

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 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).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
7.9%
earned "Life Form 1"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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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Similarity via IGDB.