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Roots of Pacha

Soda Den · 2023-04-25

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 25, 2023 (Linux), Apr 25, 2023 (Mac), Apr 25, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 28, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.

188
playing now
94%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

188 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Roots of Pacha is a 2023 farm life sim indie video game set in the Stone Age developed and published by Soda Den, funded as a Kickstarter campaign. It allows up to four players to play online together.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 188 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 317 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 91k–204k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,537 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99-40%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.49 at Humble Store (2025-04-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 19 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
54954920232026Week of 2023-04-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

188632026-08-07 00:00 — 112 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 77 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 136 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 131 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 100 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 158 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 167 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 122 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 163 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 163 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 90 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 134 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 142 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 83 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 136 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 118 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 85 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 159 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 148 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 117 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 111 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 70 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 177 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 140 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 80 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 109 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 139 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 188 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$12.492023-04-252026-08-262023-04-25 — best price $18.742023-05-02 — best price $24.992023-06-01 — best price $22.492023-06-30 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $21.242023-09-25 — best price $24.992023-11-17 — best price $19.992023-12-05 — best price $24.992024-01-10 — best price $17.492024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-02-23 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $17.492024-03-26 — best price $24.992024-05-06 — best price $24.992024-06-18 — best price $24.992024-07-04 — best price $24.992024-08-07 — best price $24.992024-09-06 — best price $17.492024-10-20 — best price $24.992024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-04-22 — best price $12.492025-05-09 — best price $14.992025-06-05 — best price $24.992025-07-19 — best price $14.992025-09-01 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992025-11-13 — best price $24.992025-12-08 — best price $13.742026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-20 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-16 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-23 — best price $24.992026-08-26 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

46142026-05-28 — 28 pageviews2026-05-31 — 28 pageviews2026-06-03 — 18 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 41 pageviews2026-06-12 — 20 pageviews2026-06-15 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 32 pageviews2026-06-21 — 31 pageviews2026-06-24 — 37 pageviews2026-06-27 — 29 pageviews2026-06-30 — 22 pageviews2026-07-03 — 46 pageviews2026-07-06 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 29 pageviews2026-07-12 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-18 — 32 pageviews2026-07-21 — 28 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-30 — 36 pageviews2026-08-02 — 33 pageviews2026-08-05 — 26 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-11 — 33 pageviews2026-08-14 — 27 pageviews2026-08-17 — 21 pageviews2026-08-20 — 43 pageviews2026-08-23 — 41 pageviews2026-08-25 — 36 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1702026-08-26 22:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 8 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93%
earned "Make Igrork Proud"
21.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller Support1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0782%62
PS5 (PlayStation)32121%41
Xbox One (Xbox)1829%53
Switch (Nintendo)960%0
PS4 (PlayStation)6332%41

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

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualRomanceSandboxBuildingCraftingLife SimRelaxingDating Sim

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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