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Staxel cover art

Staxel

Plukit · Balor Games · 2019-04-11

SteamGOG

IndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 23, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 23, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Grow your farm, meet the villagers, and join your friends online in building your world.

Staxel is an Indie, RPG, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 4834 reviews).

10
playing now
78%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
56/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
53/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (270 downloads)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Staxel trailer thumbnail

Staxel - Nintendo Switch Official Launch Trailer

≈29,255 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (383 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 121k–290k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,834 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.56 at AllYouPlay (2020-11-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 53 of 99 observed days · $16.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
29529520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2222026-09-16 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 9 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6100Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2018 — avg 263 · peak 697Jun 2018 — avg 145 · peak 353Sep 2018 — avg 206 · peak 481Dec 2018 — avg 97 · peak 218Mar 2019 — avg 79 · peak 191Jun 2019 — avg 133 · peak 293Sep 2019 — avg 108 · peak 288Dec 2019 — avg 97 · peak 228Mar 2020 — avg 95 · peak 212Jun 2020 — avg 76 · peak 227Sep 2020 — avg 74 · peak 142Dec 2020 — avg 118 · peak 315Mar 2021 — avg 61 · peak 127Jun 2021 — avg 84 · peak 219Sep 2021 — avg 78 · peak 209Dec 2021 — avg 77 · peak 201Mar 2022 — avg 73 · peak 231Jun 2022 — avg 59 · peak 137Sep 2022 — avg 37 · peak 84Dec 2022 — avg 45 · peak 112Mar 2023 — avg 48 · peak 100Jun 2023 — avg 36 · peak 75Sep 2023 — avg 25 · peak 59Dec 2023 — avg 30 · peak 74Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 71Jun 2024 — avg 22 · peak 50Sep 2024 — avg 19 · peak 49Dec 2024 — avg 19 · peak 52Mar 2025 — avg 22 · peak 57Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 45Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 42Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 40Mar 2026 — avg 19 · peak 49Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$3.702018-01-232026-10-152018-01-23 — best price $19.992018-07-19 — best price $11.972019-02-14 — best price $19.992019-07-18 — best price $19.992019-12-04 — best price $19.992020-05-05 — best price $19.592020-07-15 — best price $17.882020-08-16 — best price $19.992020-09-23 — best price $16.362020-10-28 — best price $19.992021-01-21 — best price $19.992021-09-14 — best price $17.212021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-03-09 — best price $4.992022-06-10 — best price $19.992022-09-27 — best price $19.992022-12-04 — best price $17.882023-02-15 — best price $17.212023-05-22 — best price $3.942023-08-10 — best price $17.212023-11-16 — best price $17.212024-02-03 — best price $19.992024-04-14 — best price $17.212024-06-11 — best price $16.992024-08-05 — best price $19.992024-12-06 — best price $17.882025-02-23 — best price $17.212025-08-14 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-04-14 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $4.992026-09-16 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
50%
earned "Fresh Farmer"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,3402%28
Switch (Nintendo)100%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

RPGCuteVoxelCasualNatureSandboxBuildingRelaxingOpen WorldAgriculture

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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