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Primordia

Wormwood Studios · Wadjet Eye Games · 2012-12-05

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 28, 2021 (Mac), Aug 28, 2021 (Linux), Mar 02, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 21, 2016 (iOS), Dec 05, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

Primordia is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 3441 reviews).

2
playing now
96%
positive of 3.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
7.8h
to beat · completionist 14h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Primordia is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure game developed by Wormwood Studios and published in 2012 by Wadjet Eye Games. In 2016, Primordia was released on iOS devices. On March 2, 2022, the game was released on Nintendo Switch.

Trailer

Primordia trailer thumbnail

Primordia - Official Trailer

≈48,863 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 138k–275k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,441 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at GOG (2018-09-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 40 of 78 observed days · $8.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15915920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
452Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 45 · peak 178May 2013 — avg 3 · peak 18Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 67Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2015 — avg 8 · peak 32Jun 2015 — avg 8 · peak 25Nov 2015 — avg 6 · peak 22Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 28Jul 2017 — avg 12 · peak 38Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 31May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 25Oct 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-08-06 — best price $2.992015-11-15 — best price $9.992016-06-08 — best price $1.992016-11-22 — best price $3.992017-03-06 — best price $1.992017-07-24 — best price $1.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-06-22 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-05-20 — best price $9.992019-10-16 — best price $2.992020-01-06 — best price $2.992020-03-16 — best price $2.992020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $2.992021-04-19 — best price $2.992021-10-27 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-12-12 — best price $2.992023-03-14 — best price $9.992023-06-01 — best price $2.992023-11-24 — best price $2.992024-02-06 — best price $2.992024-04-23 — best price $2.992024-07-14 — best price $9.992024-10-16 — best price $2.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-04-25 — best price $9.992025-07-22 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-14 — best price $3.092026-09-24 — best price $3.092026-10-04 — best price $3.092026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3482026-05-31 — 17 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 16 pageviews2026-06-12 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-02 — 19 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-10 — 30 pageviews2026-07-14 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 10 pageviews2026-08-03 — 22 pageviews2026-08-07 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-15 — 19 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 15 pageviews2026-08-31 — 17 pageviews2026-09-04 — 28 pageviews2026-09-08 — 17 pageviews2026-09-12 — 18 pageviews2026-09-16 — 28 pageviews2026-09-20 — 10 pageviews2026-09-24 — 23 pageviews2026-09-28 — 32 pageviews2026-10-02 — 30 pageviews2026-10-06 — 25 pageviews2026-10-10 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
62.5%
earned "Knotcutter"
26.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Hungarian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-10-05, latest 2022-04-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,07116%29
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DNoirIndieRobotsSci-fiAdventureCyberpunkDystopian Story RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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