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Plasma

Dry Cactus · Dry Licorice · 2023-09-13

Steam

IndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.

Plasma is a 2023 Indie, Simulation, and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1157 reviews).

6
playing now
90%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 142 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2023-10-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
989820232026Week of 2023-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2012026-09-15 03:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
495Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 46 · peak 173Jun 2023 — avg 15 · peak 34Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 37Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Jun 2024 — avg 49 · peak 217Aug 2024 — avg 22 · peak 46Oct 2024 — avg 18 · peak 50Dec 2024 — avg 12 · peak 30Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Apr 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 50Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Dec 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 29Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24Jun 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002023-03-302024-05-302023-03-30 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $17.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $14.992023-09-04 — best price $19.992023-09-13 — best price $9.992023-10-03 — best price $7.492023-10-10 — best price $9.992024-01-25 — best price $19.992024-02-26 — best price $14.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-30 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DLogicRobotsSci-fiSandboxBuildingCraftingStylizedAutomationSimulation

Census log

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

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