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(the) Gnorp Apologue

Myco · (Myco) · 2023-12-14

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

112
playing now
95%
positive of 9.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

112 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

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 4% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 199k–447k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,930 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 4 of 8 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

178982026-08-07 00:00 — 139 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 99 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 138 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 144 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 127 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 155 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 142 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 143 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 178 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 160 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 125 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 154 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 135 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 121 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 151 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 135 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 113 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 143 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 158 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 101 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 134 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 132 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 121 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 136 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 138 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 98 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 130 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 126 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 112 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

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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