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Sipho cover art

Sipho

All Parts Connected · 2023-09-30

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 13, 2018 (Linux), Nov 13, 2018 (Mac), Nov 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Sipho is an action survival game with an intricate building system. Grow your own creature and take over the local ecosystem. Fight, grow, survive, dominate. Play in adventure or sandbox mode.

84%
positive of 361 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 15,545 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 361 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$8.992018-11-142026-07-092018-11-14 — best price $13.992019-01-03 — best price $13.992019-02-11 — best price $13.992019-04-08 — best price $13.992019-07-10 — best price $13.992019-11-01 — best price $13.992019-12-03 — best price $13.992020-01-02 — best price $13.992020-01-27 — best price $13.992020-03-16 — best price $13.992020-07-09 — best price $13.992020-11-02 — best price $13.992020-12-01 — best price $13.992021-01-05 — best price $13.992021-02-15 — best price $13.992021-03-30 — best price $13.992021-07-08 — best price $13.992021-12-01 — best price $13.992022-01-05 — best price $13.992022-05-09 — best price $13.992022-07-07 — best price $13.992023-11-21 — best price $16.192023-12-21 — best price $16.192024-04-12 — best price $14.392024-06-27 — best price $14.392024-11-27 — best price $14.392024-12-19 — best price $14.392025-03-13 — best price $12.592025-07-02 — best price $14.392025-09-29 — best price $14.392025-12-18 — best price $12.592026-05-18 — best price $10.792026-06-25 — best price $8.992026-07-09 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
76.3%
earned "5 second rule"
54.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil, French, German, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Lithuanian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2752%13

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

Player tags

IndieActionNaturePhysicsSandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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