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Terra Nil

Free Lives · Devolver Digital · 2023-03-28

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Terra Nil is a 2023 Casual, Indie, Strategy game priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 8763 reviews).

143
playing now
87%
positive of 8.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (123 downloads)
6h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

143 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Terra Nil trailer thumbnail

Terra Nil - Reveal Trailer

≈403,083 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 143 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 2% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 179k–402k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,927 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2026-09-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 62 of 90 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

460362026-09-15 13:00 — 58 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 75 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 43 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 87 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 110 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 49 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 45 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 212 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 320 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 452 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 413 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 179 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 251 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 322 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 211 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 210 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 326 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 173 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 144 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 297 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 175 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 100 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 143 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
78650Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 786 · peak 3,033Jun 2023 — avg 121 · peak 368Aug 2023 — avg 159 · peak 804Oct 2023 — avg 54 · peak 115Dec 2023 — avg 158 · peak 360Feb 2024 — avg 50 · peak 108Apr 2024 — avg 62 · peak 184Jun 2024 — avg 174 · peak 980Aug 2024 — avg 160 · peak 352Oct 2024 — avg 110 · peak 409Dec 2024 — avg 149 · peak 411Feb 2025 — avg 98 · peak 282Apr 2025 — avg 94 · peak 226Jun 2025 — avg 89 · peak 261Aug 2025 — avg 329 · peak 1,062Oct 2025 — avg 138 · peak 415Dec 2025 — avg 118 · peak 264Feb 2026 — avg 84 · peak 171Apr 2026 — avg 111 · peak 326Jun 2026 — avg 122 · peak 317Aug 2026 — avg 71 · peak 153
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
20202026-09-262026-10-092026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 12 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 14 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$6.242023-02-202026-09-302023-02-20 — 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 $20.992026-09-30 — best price $6.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

108262026-05-29 — 43 pageviews2026-06-02 — 53 pageviews2026-06-06 — 38 pageviews2026-06-10 — 31 pageviews2026-06-14 — 64 pageviews2026-06-18 — 36 pageviews2026-06-22 — 56 pageviews2026-06-26 — 53 pageviews2026-06-30 — 53 pageviews2026-07-04 — 60 pageviews2026-07-08 — 47 pageviews2026-07-12 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 41 pageviews2026-07-20 — 42 pageviews2026-07-24 — 44 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-08-01 — 51 pageviews2026-08-05 — 38 pageviews2026-08-09 — 37 pageviews2026-08-13 — 37 pageviews2026-08-17 — 51 pageviews2026-08-21 — 42 pageviews2026-08-25 — 43 pageviews2026-08-29 — 41 pageviews2026-09-02 — 42 pageviews2026-09-06 — 49 pageviews2026-09-10 — 34 pageviews2026-09-14 — 44 pageviews2026-09-18 — 39 pageviews2026-09-22 — 58 pageviews2026-09-26 — 90 pageviews2026-09-30 — 81 pageviews2026-10-04 — 81 pageviews2026-10-08 — 74 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1702026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-03-28 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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