The Game Census
Screeps: World cover art

Screeps: World

Screeps, LLC · 2016-11-16

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 16, 2016 (Linux), Nov 16, 2016 (Mac), Nov 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.

52
playing now
86%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

52 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 52 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 52k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,094 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-06-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
444420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

69392026-09-14 22:00 — 69 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 60 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 65 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 52 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 42 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 54 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 49 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 47 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 53 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 39 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 51 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 48 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 48 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 59 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 50 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 44 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 60 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 61 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 49 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 57 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 51 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1990May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2016 — avg 94 · peak 144Jan 2017 — avg 163 · peak 280May 2017 — avg 102 · peak 154Sep 2017 — avg 88 · peak 155Jan 2018 — avg 83 · peak 146May 2018 — avg 66 · peak 117Sep 2018 — avg 57 · peak 108Jan 2019 — avg 61 · peak 113May 2019 — avg 71 · peak 138Sep 2019 — avg 41 · peak 65Jan 2020 — avg 75 · peak 118May 2020 — avg 85 · peak 130Sep 2020 — avg 74 · peak 133Jan 2021 — avg 89 · peak 136May 2021 — avg 76 · peak 131Sep 2021 — avg 61 · peak 87Jan 2022 — avg 76 · peak 112May 2022 — avg 60 · peak 95Sep 2022 — avg 49 · peak 81Jan 2023 — avg 47 · peak 75May 2023 — avg 44 · peak 77Sep 2023 — avg 55 · peak 100Jan 2024 — avg 55 · peak 81May 2024 — avg 45 · peak 70Sep 2024 — avg 41 · peak 69Jan 2025 — avg 48 · peak 89May 2025 — avg 38 · peak 67Sep 2025 — avg 35 · peak 67Jan 2026 — avg 48 · peak 85May 2026 — avg 52 · peak 92Aug 2026 — avg 44 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.992016-06-202026-08-102016-06-20 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $14.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-11-27 — best price $14.992019-04-08 — best price $14.992019-07-10 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-04-19 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-04-18 — best price $14.992022-09-05 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-06 — best price $14.992023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-13 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-10 — best price $14.992025-05-12 — best price $14.992025-09-01 — best price $14.992025-11-10 — best price $14.992026-02-16 — best price $19.992026-05-01 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopStats2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-06-28, latest 2026-04-23 (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

RTSIdlerIndieLogicEconomyHackingSandboxStrategyDifficultColony Sim

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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