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Sapiens

Majic Jungle · 2022-07-26

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 26, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

Sapiens is a 2022 Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Early Access game priced at $24.99, estimated to have 50,000 to 100,000 owners, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 81% of 2191 reviews.

15
playing now
81%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 76 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (481 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,191 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2024-07-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42442420222026Week of 2022-07-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2662026-09-15 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 18 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
43517Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 435 · peak 1,163Oct 2022 — avg 152 · peak 339Dec 2022 — avg 72 · peak 138Feb 2023 — avg 55 · peak 118Apr 2023 — avg 52 · peak 118Jun 2023 — avg 103 · peak 228Aug 2023 — avg 69 · peak 130Oct 2023 — avg 51 · peak 115Dec 2023 — avg 79 · peak 182Feb 2024 — avg 45 · peak 91Apr 2024 — avg 44 · peak 97Jun 2024 — avg 48 · peak 112Aug 2024 — avg 124 · peak 251Oct 2024 — avg 47 · peak 107Dec 2024 — avg 53 · peak 116Feb 2025 — avg 42 · peak 83Apr 2025 — avg 59 · peak 173Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 95Aug 2025 — avg 32 · peak 69Oct 2025 — avg 43 · peak 90Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 61Feb 2026 — avg 24 · peak 55Apr 2026 — avg 20 · peak 47Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 37Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$19.992022-07-262026-07-092022-07-26 — best price $22.492022-10-17 — best price $22.492022-11-22 — best price $22.492023-01-23 — best price $22.492023-03-16 — best price $22.492023-05-22 — best price $21.242023-06-29 — best price $21.242023-11-21 — best price $21.242023-12-21 — best price $21.242024-03-14 — best price $21.242024-05-27 — best price $21.242024-06-27 — best price $21.242024-07-19 — best price $19.992024-10-16 — best price $21.242024-11-27 — best price $21.242024-12-20 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $21.242025-03-24 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $19.992025-09-23 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-10 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam WorkshopSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-06-29 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

SandboxBuildingCraftingGod GameLife SimModdableStrategySurvivalColony SimManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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