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Roots of Pacha

Soda Den · 2023-04-25

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IndieRPGSimulation

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

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.

Roots of Pacha is an Indie, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 4,551 reviews).

77
playing now
94%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
54
Nexus mods (118k downloads)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (423 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

77 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Roots of Pacha trailer thumbnail

Roots of Pacha – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 77 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 4% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 91k–205k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,553 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.49-50%

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 18 of 35 observed days · at its all-time low (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

180472026-09-14 22:00 — 113 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 62 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 118 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 135 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 107 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 81 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 112 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 88 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 72 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 139 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 129 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 47 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 86 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 88 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 81 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 171 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 115 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 58 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 109 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 101 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 90 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 99 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 115 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 77 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k129May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 1,457 · peak 4,992Jun 2023 — avg 559 · peak 1,430Jul 2023 — avg 617 · peak 1,382Aug 2023 — avg 247 · peak 604Sep 2023 — avg 197 · peak 420Oct 2023 — avg 155 · peak 342Nov 2023 — avg 155 · peak 455Dec 2023 — avg 307 · peak 705Jan 2024 — avg 333 · peak 801Feb 2024 — avg 189 · peak 443Mar 2024 — avg 185 · peak 391Apr 2024 — avg 139 · peak 311May 2024 — avg 171 · peak 404Jun 2024 — avg 166 · peak 341Jul 2024 — avg 141 · peak 432Aug 2024 — avg 319 · peak 692Sep 2024 — avg 199 · peak 379Oct 2024 — avg 164 · peak 351Nov 2024 — avg 139 · peak 329Dec 2024 — avg 188 · peak 368Jan 2025 — avg 197 · peak 424Feb 2025 — avg 217 · peak 518Mar 2025 — avg 212 · peak 421Apr 2025 — avg 358 · peak 1,451May 2025 — avg 462 · peak 1,107Jun 2025 — avg 276 · peak 673Jul 2025 — avg 225 · peak 489Aug 2025 — avg 183 · peak 412Sep 2025 — avg 180 · peak 373Oct 2025 — avg 161 · peak 386Nov 2025 — avg 175 · peak 384Dec 2025 — avg 179 · peak 401Jan 2026 — avg 189 · peak 387Feb 2026 — avg 211 · peak 452Mar 2026 — avg 161 · peak 350Apr 2026 — avg 221 · peak 593May 2026 — avg 211 · peak 465Jun 2026 — avg 175 · peak 338Jul 2026 — avg 164 · peak 328Aug 2026 — avg 129 · peak 296
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$12.492023-04-252026-10-142023-04-25 — best price $18.742023-05-03 — best price $24.992023-06-26 — best price $19.992023-07-20 — best price $21.242023-10-27 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-01-10 — best price $17.492024-02-16 — best price $17.492024-03-07 — best price $17.492024-03-26 — best price $24.992024-05-21 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $17.492024-08-07 — best price $24.992024-09-13 — best price $24.992024-11-22 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-20 — best price $24.992025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-05-09 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $14.992025-11-03 — best price $24.992025-12-04 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-02-26 — best price $24.992026-04-27 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-08-13 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $12.492026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

54142026-05-28 — 28 pageviews2026-06-01 — 31 pageviews2026-06-05 — 25 pageviews2026-06-09 — 41 pageviews2026-06-13 — 36 pageviews2026-06-17 — 37 pageviews2026-06-21 — 31 pageviews2026-06-25 — 46 pageviews2026-06-29 — 23 pageviews2026-07-03 — 46 pageviews2026-07-07 — 25 pageviews2026-07-11 — 39 pageviews2026-07-15 — 19 pageviews2026-07-19 — 30 pageviews2026-07-23 — 21 pageviews2026-07-27 — 27 pageviews2026-07-31 — 24 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-12 — 27 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-20 — 43 pageviews2026-08-24 — 27 pageviews2026-08-28 — 38 pageviews2026-09-01 — 20 pageviews2026-09-05 — 54 pageviews2026-09-09 — 25 pageviews2026-09-13 — 35 pageviews2026-09-17 — 22 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 32 pageviews2026-09-29 — 16 pageviews2026-10-03 — 23 pageviews2026-10-06 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-07-20 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualRomanceSandboxBuildingCraftingLife SimRelaxingDating Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

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