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Thrive

Revolutionary Games Studio · 2021-11-26

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Thrive is a 2021 Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1747 reviews).

15
playing now
92%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (16 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 234 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,747 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 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520212026Week of 2021-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3472026-09-15 00:00 — 28 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 24 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 21 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 26 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 34 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 16 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 17 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 28 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
357Dec 2021Aug 2026Dec 2021 — avg 30 · peak 95Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2022 — avg 24 · peak 69Jun 2022 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2022 — avg 34 · peak 78Oct 2022 — avg 14 · peak 50Dec 2022 — avg 19 · peak 47Feb 2023 — avg 22 · peak 60Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 56Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 28Aug 2023 — avg 12 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 39Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 42Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 44Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 68Oct 2024 — avg 14 · peak 53Dec 2024 — avg 24 · peak 61Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 235Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 71Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Dec 2025 — avg 19 · peak 50Feb 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 18 · peak 71
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-08-15 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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