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Protolife

Protolife

Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

Released Jun 15, 2018 Developer Volcanic Giraffe Platforms Windows · Mac Tower DefensePixel GraphicsRTSBase-BuildingStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $7.79 (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.

86.2%positive471 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Very fun and surprsingly intricate. Very nice blend of tower defense with a little action: while no level requires it too much you can always go faster and try to win even the timed missions early with some surprisingly intense active play.”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This has a similar feel to Creeper World.. If the creeper was actually as menacing as it's said to be. Like the infection does *not* know the word chill. Jokes aside, it's a solid little game. Here's for the pro and cons : + Simple to pick up gameplay loop + Very unique style,…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This is basically "Dead or Night" map from Starcraft 2 in standalone game but with only tower rush by playing as armored 'Probe', A perfect mixture of Tower Defense with RTS element which hard to see these days. The way to setup desired turret or various fortification is pretty…”

— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2024-06 via SteamCharts.

216all-time peak
0 25 50 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 46 avg · Jun 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.

29achievements
15.2%median completion
2.0%rarest: Lazer-Fast
78.7% of players 76.1% of players 58.2% of players 51.3% of players 42.3% of players 39.2% of players 33.7% of players 30.9% of players 27.5% of players 24.4% of players 20.2% of players 19.9% of players 15.8% of players 15.4% of players 15.2% of players 13.7% of players 12.7% of players 8.3% of players 5.9% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 4.5% of players 4.1% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 2.9% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.0% of players 78.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
78.7%Don't step on it — Build 100 blocks.
76.1%Building Blocks — Complete 'Spawners' level.
58.2%First Aid — Kill 1000 Worms.
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Lazer-Fast — Build TLZR in 1:30 on 'Focus' level.
2.4%Pewnicilline — Destroy the Tumor using T1 only.
2.4%One is enough — Complete 'Isolated' level with a single control unit.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$7.79−35% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-09-25 21:36 UTC
$11.99base price
$7.79lowest since tracking began2026-09-23
US7.79 USD−35%
EU7.79 EUR−35%
UK6.03 GBP−35%
Australia11.01 AUD−35%
Canada8.76 CAD−35%
Japan793 JPY−35%
Brazil16.17 BRL−35%
China26.65 CNY−35%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.1 China Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$8.9

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-16 09-25

Latest official news

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

Aug 01, 2026
Protolife 1.2.4 -- Steam Deck Support

Hello everyone! Protolife is now playable on Steam Deck. There was a pending NW.js/Proton compatibility issue which is finally resolved. We tested the full playthrough on Steam Deck, everything should

May 19, 2026
Hexworld: Major Update

Hello, Protolife fans, everybody who kept our feed enabled through all these years! It's good to be in touch with you again -- we have some news for you. Hexworld 0.16 is now stable, and it's the last

Apr 15, 2023
Protolife: Other Side

We're glad to announce our new keyboard-controlled arcade game called Protolife: Other Side. Lead alien worms through familiar defense towers and help them evacuate from occupied colonized planet Leo-

Mar 24, 2023
New keyboard-controlled strategy is coming!

Ok, this time we actually have integral mouse support! Volcanic Giraffe is still alive and we are still making games. There have been some dead ends, unfinished prototypes and life struggles, but righ

Sep 15, 2019
Protolife 1.2.2

This is a minor patch with the following game crash fixes: Level 'Convoy' blocker - Uncaught TypeError: Cannot use 'in' operator to search for 'spawn-rate-percent' in 5 (thanks to juan ignacio) Custom

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsTower Defense · Pixel Graphics · RTS · Base-Building · Strategy · Sci-fi · Indie · Singleplayer · Aliens · Top-Down · Retro · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: 2.7 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 2.0 support, 256 MB VRAM Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Minimum resolution: 1280 x 720