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The Genesis Project

Perfectly Generic Team · 2022-04-13

Steam

AdventureRPGSimulationFree To PlayEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

The Genesis Project is a free-to-play Adventure, RPG, and Simulation game released in 2022, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 2386 reviews).

9
playing now
86%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11
Nexus mods (596 downloads)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 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 9% of 28,821 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

4742026-09-15 00:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 42 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 27 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 31 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 40 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 23 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1229Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 122 · peak 592Jun 2022 — avg 27 · peak 60Aug 2022 — avg 17 · peak 45Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 41Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 46Feb 2023 — avg 24 · peak 136Apr 2023 — avg 20 · peak 81Jun 2023 — avg 19 · peak 43Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 40Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 35Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 41Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 37Apr 2024 — avg 18 · peak 86Jun 2024 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2024 — avg 15 · peak 36Oct 2024 — avg 12 · peak 39Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 43Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 103Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 55Oct 2025 — avg 34 · peak 86Dec 2025 — avg 27 · peak 272Feb 2026 — avg 22 · peak 57Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 82Jun 2026 — avg 17 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

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

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DRPGFunnyMemesFantasyBuildingAdventureAction RPGPlatformerSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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