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The Genesis Project

Perfectly Generic Team · 2022-04-13

Steam

AdventureRPGSimulationFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 17, 2018 (Linux), Mar 17, 2018 (Mac)

The Genesis Project is an attempt to replicate Sburb from the popular webcomic Homestuck, made by Andrew Hussie.

22
playing now
86%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 395 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26526520222026Week of 2022-04-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2442026-08-11 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 22 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 15 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 16 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DRPGFunnyMemesFantasyBuildingAdventureAction RPGPlatformerSimulation

Census log

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

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