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Minicology

Minicology

You have crash-landed into a mini-verse of tiny planets. Welcome to Minicology! Embark on an interstellar survival sandbox journey. Use your crafting, combat, and automation skills to survive the many challenges this mini-verse throws at you.

Released Apr 25, 2024 Developer Isaac Denner Publisher Iceberg Interactive Platforms Windows SimulationSpace SimAliensOpen World Survival CraftSandbox
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

68.1%positive72 reviews
Recommended · 22 found this helpful

“A really fun survival crafting game, kinda like modded starbound but without npcs. Has a really interesting feature of having very basic ecosystems where things feed off of each other, and you can kinda kill off a biome by not minding the balance of life there, plus there's…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Very much Terraria/Starbound vibes and it is absolutely fantastic so far”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 26 found this helpful

“YES, but--- The UI is very clunky, and makes actions harder than they should be. I've found myself trying to map a dedicated jump button. Climbing is a pain so I spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to climb out of a hole, because W is also jump. There is no double jump, or…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

71achievements
3.0%median completion
0.5%rarest: Anemone: Toxic
74.8% of players 65.7% of players 61.8% of players 49.1% of players 40.5% of players 40.3% of players 33.2% of players 30.8% of players 30.6% of players 29.6% of players 28.3% of players 27.5% of players 25.7% of players 25.0% of players 20.2% of players 20.1% of players 20.0% of players 18.7% of players 15.6% of players 14.7% of players 11.6% of players 11.0% of players 10.7% of players 6.6% of players 6.1% of players 5.9% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.3% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 74.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.8%Stick 'Em With The Pointy End — Kill your first enemy
65.7%Getting Hot in Here — Smelt your first ingot
61.8%Shocking — Open a power chest
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Anemone: Toxic — Defeat the Anemone after applying 8 different status effects over the course of your battle
0.5%Coral: Impacted — Deal the finishing blow to the Fire Coral using a Gravity Hammer's smash
0.5%Cupid's Arrow — Fletch an arrow that can heal enemies

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 29, 2024
E-Corp Intergalactic Almanac: Steam’s Open World Survival Crafting Fest!

------------------------- Cosmic Date 29.05.2024 ------------------------- Dear Space Travelers, Helperbot here, with a brand new E-Corp News Dispatch! Today on the topic of Survival, Crafting, and Ex

May 17, 2024
Patch 1.20: Finding Balance in the Miniverse

------------------------- Cosmic Date 17.05.2024 ------------------------- Dear Space Travelers, Helperbot here! Today I’m back with some… balance . No, I’m not talking about the propeller that distri

May 10, 2024
PATCH NOTES 1.13: QoL, Farming, and... Ladders!

------------------------- Cosmic Date 10.05.2024 ------------------------- Dear Space Travelers, Ensuring full customer satisfaction is one of our core values here at E-Corp! To make your interstellar

Apr 30, 2024
PATCH NOTES 1.04: The First Big Update!

------------------------- Cosmic Date 30.04.2024 ------------------------- Dear Space Travelers, I'm bringing you some exciting news , as we're heading towards a brand new and improved version of Mini

Apr 29, 2024
E-Corp Intergalactic Almanac: Celebrating Farming Fest!

------------------------- Cosmic Date 29.04.2024 ------------------------- Dear Space Travelers, This is Helperbot speaking! What a joy to see so many new faces traversing the Mini-verse - even if the

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsSimulation · Space Sim · Aliens · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Automation · Survival · 2D · Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Crafting · Building (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Dutch *
Achievements71
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 64-bit Processor: 2GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space