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Leaping Turtle · 2024-10-31

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 31, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.

13
playing now
85%
positive of 774 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-09-11 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (156 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 13,418 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 774 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2026-06-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14614620242026Week of 2024-10-31: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-07: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.992024-10-312026-07-092024-10-31 — best price $4.492024-11-07 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-02-23 — best price $3.992025-03-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-20 — best price $3.492025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-16 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $2.992026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
97.4%
earned "Basics of Crafting"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,5970%102

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

Player tags

2DIdlerIndieCasualClickerStrategyTop-DownAutomationFuturisticSimulation

Census log

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

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