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Terra Nil

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2023-03-28

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 28, 2023 (Mac), Mar 28, 2023 (Android), Mar 28, 2023 (iOS), Mar 28, 2023 (Linux), Dec 18, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

62
playing now
87%
positive of 8.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
6h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Terra Nil is a strategy video game developed by Free Lives and published by Devolver Digital. The game was released for Android, iOS, and Windows on March 28, 2023; the mobile ports were published through Netflix Games. Ports for macOS, Linux, and the Nintendo Switch were released later in 2023.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 62 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 640 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~80/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 175k–393k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,732 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.90 at 2game (2026-02-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 67 of 103 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20232026Week of 2023-03-01: 874 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,162 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

126312026-08-07 00:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 53 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 89 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 96 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 92 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 126 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 83 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 62 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 78 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 45 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 110 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 75 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 85 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 55 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 103 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 84 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 49 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 80 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 65 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$8.392023-02-202026-08-252023-02-20 — best price $24.992023-06-12 — best price $19.992023-08-03 — best price $21.112023-08-29 — best price $21.112023-10-01 — best price $21.242023-12-13 — best price $17.492024-01-13 — best price $24.992024-02-14 — best price $18.742024-03-19 — best price $24.992024-04-25 — best price $17.492024-05-22 — best price $17.492024-06-24 — best price $14.992024-07-26 — best price $24.992024-09-05 — best price $14.992024-10-03 — best price $24.992024-11-05 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-15 — best price $12.492025-02-10 — best price $12.492025-03-11 — best price $12.492025-04-09 — best price $12.492025-05-01 — best price $12.492025-05-29 — best price $12.492025-07-13 — best price $20.992025-08-21 — best price $24.992025-09-18 — best price $9.992025-10-16 — best price $12.492025-11-25 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $20.992026-02-26 — best price $24.992026-03-27 — best price $9.992026-04-23 — best price $9.992026-05-19 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $10.492026-08-14 — best price $20.992026-08-25 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64222026-05-29 — 43 pageviews2026-06-01 — 39 pageviews2026-06-04 — 38 pageviews2026-06-07 — 43 pageviews2026-06-10 — 31 pageviews2026-06-13 — 42 pageviews2026-06-16 — 39 pageviews2026-06-19 — 40 pageviews2026-06-22 — 56 pageviews2026-06-25 — 48 pageviews2026-06-28 — 60 pageviews2026-07-01 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 60 pageviews2026-07-07 — 46 pageviews2026-07-10 — 38 pageviews2026-07-13 — 40 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-19 — 51 pageviews2026-07-22 — 49 pageviews2026-07-25 — 28 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-07-31 — 43 pageviews2026-08-03 — 64 pageviews2026-08-06 — 39 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-12 — 46 pageviews2026-08-15 — 53 pageviews2026-08-18 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-24 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
76.3%
earned "Valley of the Wind"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Arabic…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,7613%37
Switch (Nintendo)680%0

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

Player tags

2.5DCasualNaturePuzzleColorfulRelaxingStrategyEmotionalIsometricAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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