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Sparkle ZERO cover art

Sparkle ZERO

MMEU · Forever Entertainment S. A. · 2016-03-14

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 26, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 14, 2016 (Linux), Mar 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2016 (Mac)

Many organisms fight for resources and the opportunity to evolve. Be one of them, start from ZERO and become the best, the biggest and the most efficient of them all. Become the ultimate sparkle.

Sparkle ZERO is an Action, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2016, priced at $0.84, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 394 reviews).

0
playing now
54%
positive of 394 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.84
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.8k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 394 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.34 at IndieGala Store (2016-09-22) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 19 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.372016-03-142026-08-242016-03-14 — best price $4.142016-07-20 — best price $1.242016-09-27 — best price $0.992016-12-20 — best price $2.492017-08-21 — best price $4.992018-01-01 — best price $4.992018-03-05 — best price $4.992018-05-24 — best price $4.992018-10-29 — best price $0.492018-12-05 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-11-25 — best price $0.372020-01-25 — best price $0.502020-03-30 — best price $0.372020-06-25 — best price $0.492020-09-28 — best price $4.992020-12-31 — best price $0.372021-05-13 — best price $0.372021-10-14 — best price $0.372021-12-30 — best price $4.992022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-08-11 — best price $0.402022-11-14 — best price $0.552023-01-18 — best price $4.992023-05-02 — best price $4.992023-07-21 — best price $0.502023-10-09 — best price $2.282023-12-21 — best price $3.042024-03-11 — best price $4.992024-05-02 — best price $1.462024-06-24 — best price $4.992024-09-05 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $1.942025-01-31 — best price $1.952025-06-02 — best price $4.992025-09-03 — best price $4.992026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-05-28 — best price $0.852026-08-24 — best price $0.84
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
14.3%
earned "Growing One"
9.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,44352%11
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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