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Thrive

Revolutionary Games Studio · 2021-11-26

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2010 (Linux), May 16, 2020 (Mac)

An evolution simulation game. Take control of your species in the environment and edit your species as a whole. Compete with other evolving species for resources on an alien planet.

10
playing now
92%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 15% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–78k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,731 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.24 at Steam (2025-02-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

2442026-08-11 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 20 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$3.242021-11-262026-07-092021-11-26 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-12-05 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-23 — best price $3.242025-03-02 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.742025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
27.9%
earned "The Editor"
10.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2455%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2D3DCasualNatureSandboxScienceSurvivalTutorial3D VisionEducation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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