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Timberborn

Mechanistry · 2026-03-12

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 15, 2021 (Mac), Sep 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

5,891
playing now
96%
positive of 41k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
28
twitch viewers (latest)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
31h
to beat · rushed 23h · completionist 51h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

5,891 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Timberborn is a city-building video game developed and published by Mechanistry. Players help a colony of beavers survive resource shortages.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,891 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,786 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~723/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 822k–1.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 41,088 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.49-30%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$30.46-13%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $16.66 at DLGamer (2024-10-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 55 of 103 observed days · $7.83 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.7k2.7k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 2,725 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,139 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,735 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,204 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 404 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 509 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 838 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,842 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 855 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5.9k2.6k2026-08-06 21:00 — 3,773 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,562 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 4,246 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,335 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3,288 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 5,058 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 4,798 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,584 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 5,747 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,850 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,738 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 4,173 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 3,789 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2,632 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 4,165 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,584 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2,606 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4,900 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 5,563 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,610 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3,495 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 4,486 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,508 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 4,655 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 4,738 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 3,068 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 2,853 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4,416 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3,783 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 5,891 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$15.742021-09-152026-08-302021-09-15 — best price $22.492022-01-06 — best price $24.992022-05-19 — best price $19.992022-08-22 — best price $19.992022-12-06 — best price $24.992023-02-16 — best price $24.992023-04-17 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $24.992023-09-12 — best price $24.992023-11-15 — best price $24.992023-12-22 — best price $19.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-03-28 — best price $24.992024-05-11 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-09-25 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $27.992024-12-05 — best price $31.992025-01-11 — best price $34.992025-02-03 — best price $29.492025-03-16 — best price $24.442025-04-09 — best price $34.992025-05-18 — best price $24.132025-06-23 — best price $34.992025-08-11 — best price $34.992025-09-25 — best price $24.492025-11-13 — best price $34.992025-12-29 — best price $24.092026-04-17 — best price $29.492026-06-08 — best price $27.992026-07-26 — best price $29.902026-08-27 — best price $24.492026-08-30 — best price $24.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

134502026-05-22 — 73 pageviews2026-05-25 — 87 pageviews2026-05-28 — 96 pageviews2026-05-31 — 83 pageviews2026-06-03 — 79 pageviews2026-06-06 — 122 pageviews2026-06-09 — 108 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-15 — 82 pageviews2026-06-18 — 72 pageviews2026-06-21 — 112 pageviews2026-06-24 — 82 pageviews2026-06-27 — 105 pageviews2026-06-30 — 62 pageviews2026-07-03 — 101 pageviews2026-07-06 — 104 pageviews2026-07-09 — 83 pageviews2026-07-12 — 73 pageviews2026-07-15 — 62 pageviews2026-07-18 — 77 pageviews2026-07-21 — 88 pageviews2026-07-24 — 91 pageviews2026-07-27 — 98 pageviews2026-07-30 — 79 pageviews2026-08-02 — 79 pageviews2026-08-05 — 83 pageviews2026-08-08 — 65 pageviews2026-08-11 — 66 pageviews2026-08-14 — 70 pageviews2026-08-17 — 72 pageviews2026-08-19 — 74 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2.0k02026-08-26 19:15 — 218 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 74 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 960 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 1,358 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1,922 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1,776 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 209 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 308 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 98 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 78 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 28 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
31.2%
earned "That's... Acceptable"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,7322%59

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

3DVoxelNaturePhysicsSandboxScienceBuildingStrategySurvivalAutomation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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