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(the) Gnorp Apologue

Myco · (Myco) · 2023-12-14

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.

(the) Gnorp Apologue is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 9957 reviews).

112
playing now
95%
positive of 10.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

112 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

(the) Gnorp Apologue trailer thumbnail

(the) Gnorp Apologue — Trailer

≈1,950 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 112 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 908 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~114/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 199k–448k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,957 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.84 at Steam (2025-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20232026Week of 2023-12-01: 1,619 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,205 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

236872026-09-14 21:00 — 130 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 87 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 93 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 127 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 103 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 92 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 110 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 109 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 100 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 117 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 113 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 94 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 105 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 101 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 165 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 236 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 211 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 178 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 222 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 182 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 165 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 151 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 129 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 112 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.6k134Dec 2023Aug 2026Dec 2023 — avg 3,555 · peak 5,395Jan 2024 — avg 2,121 · peak 4,004Feb 2024 — avg 779 · peak 1,307Mar 2024 — avg 995 · peak 2,804Apr 2024 — avg 572 · peak 1,230May 2024 — avg 316 · peak 482Jun 2024 — avg 442 · peak 1,858Jul 2024 — avg 836 · peak 1,636Aug 2024 — avg 267 · peak 381Sep 2024 — avg 214 · peak 337Oct 2024 — avg 239 · peak 336Nov 2024 — avg 280 · peak 917Dec 2024 — avg 544 · peak 927Jan 2025 — avg 381 · peak 890Feb 2025 — avg 758 · peak 1,848Mar 2025 — avg 537 · peak 1,045Apr 2025 — avg 333 · peak 505May 2025 — avg 292 · peak 538Jun 2025 — avg 406 · peak 1,520Jul 2025 — avg 681 · peak 1,420Aug 2025 — avg 316 · peak 465Sep 2025 — avg 219 · peak 345Oct 2025 — avg 242 · peak 487Nov 2025 — avg 185 · peak 257Dec 2025 — avg 536 · peak 1,496Jan 2026 — avg 356 · peak 713Feb 2026 — avg 213 · peak 342Mar 2026 — avg 193 · peak 306Apr 2026 — avg 143 · peak 205May 2026 — avg 156 · peak 257Jun 2026 — avg 190 · peak 523Jul 2026 — avg 245 · peak 464Aug 2026 — avg 134 · peak 191
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$3.842023-12-142026-07-092023-12-14 — best price $6.292023-12-21 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $5.592024-03-21 — best price $6.992024-04-01 — best price $5.592024-04-08 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $4.542024-07-11 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $4.542024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-20 — best price $4.402025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-02-03 — best price $4.192025-02-10 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $4.192025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-06-26 — best price $4.192025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $4.892025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-12-12 — best price $3.842026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-03-20 — best price $4.542026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $3.842026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
97.3%
earned "A gnorp is born"
51.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,53619%17

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

2DCuteIdlerCasualMiningClickerEconomyBuildingColorfulStrategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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