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The Archotek Project

The Archotek Project Team · The Archotek Project Team · 2017-04-28

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 28, 2017 (Mac), Apr 28, 2017 (Linux), Apr 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Archotek Project focuses on a multiplayer experience, giving you the chance to play with your friends or with new people on dedicated servers. Play as the dinosaur as you explore vibrant and exotic locations within the game, taking control of unique species from the fossil record.

The Archotek Project is a Casual, Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2017, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (55% of 1058 reviews).

30
playing now
55%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 113 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,341 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-11-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12612620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5112026-09-15 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 49 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 51 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 30 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
631Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 11 · peak 53Jul 2017 — avg 5 · peak 28Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 34Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 14Apr 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2019 — avg 36 · peak 1,097Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 7 · peak 62Apr 2020 — avg 11 · peak 96Jul 2020 — avg 9 · peak 52Oct 2020 — avg 10 · peak 220Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 57Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 45Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2023 — avg 1 · peak 21Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 64Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 24Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 44Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 31May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 104
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-04-292021-03-212017-04-29 — best price $16.992017-06-23 — best price $16.992017-10-26 — best price $14.992017-11-07 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-05-29 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992019-08-29 — best price $0.002019-12-03 — best price $0.002019-12-20 — best price $0.002020-04-01 — best price $0.002020-10-21 — best price $0.002020-10-24 — best price $0.992020-11-04 — best price $0.002020-11-08 — best price $0.002020-11-14 — best price $0.002020-11-24 — best price $0.002020-11-30 — best price $0.002020-12-05 — best price $0.002020-12-09 — best price $0.002020-12-16 — best price $0.002020-12-24 — best price $0.002021-01-04 — best price $0.002021-01-13 — best price $0.002021-01-27 — best price $0.002021-01-31 — best price $0.002021-02-09 — best price $0.002021-02-26 — best price $0.002021-03-05 — best price $0.002021-03-10 — best price $0.002021-03-21 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Hungarian, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

IndieCasualShooterStrategySurvivalDinosaursOpen WorldSimulationMultiplayerEarly Access

Census log

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

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