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Polylithic cover art

Polylithic

polyperfect · indie.io · 2023-11-09

Steam

AdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.

Polylithic is an Adventure, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 to 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 320 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

69%
positive of 320 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.4k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 320 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 26 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520232026Week of 2023-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$7.492023-11-092026-08-032023-11-09 — best price $12.742024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $12.442024-06-03 — best price $14.992024-08-05 — best price $11.992024-09-26 — best price $14.992024-11-09 — best price $14.992024-12-03 — best price $11.012024-12-11 — best price $11.142025-01-08 — best price $8.992025-01-27 — best price $14.992025-02-25 — best price $11.012025-03-12 — best price $14.992025-03-21 — best price $11.012025-04-02 — best price $11.012025-04-14 — best price $7.792025-05-05 — best price $8.012025-06-02 — best price $11.012025-06-20 — best price $7.492025-07-14 — best price $8.242025-08-08 — best price $8.242025-08-27 — best price $8.242025-09-15 — best price $8.242025-11-19 — best price $9.742025-12-04 — best price $8.012026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-18 — best price $9.742026-03-09 — best price $7.792026-03-27 — best price $11.012026-04-07 — best price $11.012026-05-04 — best price $8.242026-05-18 — best price $8.012026-06-08 — best price $8.012026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-08-03 — best price $9.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
26.3%
earned "Wolf Hunter"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Czech, French, German, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)662%15

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DIndieNatureSandboxColorfulCraftingStrategyStylizedSurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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