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Terra Nil

Terra Nil

Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

Released Mar 28, 2023 Developer Free Lives, Clockwork Acorn Publisher Devolver Digital Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux NatureStrategyRelaxingPuzzleCity Builder
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

87.6%positive6,987 reviews
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“This is a calming experience. It's intensely satisfying to have your progress lead to life blooming in a polluted land. It's not crunchy, which allows for a chill experience. With fantastic art direction with regards to the environment and rejuvenation progress. P.S. For the…”

— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“This game reroutes my neurons like its some kind of super computer being forced to solve for 2+2=4 I wouldn’t say Terra Nil is hard, the game just wants you to plan things out, and sometimes take leaps of faith that everything is going to work out. You gotta do steps A. B. C.…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Not recommended · 36 found this helpful

“The game isn't terrible, but it's not great either. If it were longer I'd probably recommend it with caveats, but for the price that game is incredibly short. I have 100%ed the game. I have roughly 12 hours of play time and a good chunk of that was when I left the game idle…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

53playing at last check
10624-hour peak
4,540all-time peak
0 500 1k 2024 2025 2026 786 avg · Apr 2023

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

37achievements
18.6%median completion
1.1%rarest: Great Migration
76.3% of players 66.2% of players 41.9% of players 35.0% of players 31.3% of players 30.0% of players 29.1% of players 28.3% of players 26.5% of players 23.6% of players 23.0% of players 22.8% of players 22.7% of players 22.3% of players 22.2% of players 21.1% of players 20.1% of players 18.7% of players 18.6% of players 18.1% of players 17.7% of players 15.6% of players 14.9% of players 14.6% of players 14.4% of players 10.9% of players 8.9% of players 7.8% of players 6.6% of players 6.4% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 3.7% of players 3.0% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.1% of players 76.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
76.3%Valley of the Wind — Restore the River Valley
66.2%Wildfire — Burn down 25 buildings with a single fire
41.9%Minecraft Rocks! — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
1.1%Great Migration — Create a bird migration between sanctuaries that is more than 60 tiles long
1.6%Call of the Void — Use a rock hopper to fire a rock over the canyon
1.7%Wildlife Safari — Take a photo of ERW1N and at least 3 different animal species

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.99 AUD
Canada32.99 CAD
Japan2,800 JPY
Brazil73.99 BRL
China88.00 CNY

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

China≈$13 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Apr 17, 2026
New bundle with Treeplanter: Plant real trees

Hi everyone! 💖 We're excited to share that we've got a bundle with Treeplanter: Plant real trees which just launched today. 🌲

Mar 30, 2026
Heatwave v1.1.12

Hey all! This is a quick patch to fix some issue that were introduced with the controller support update: Fixed an issue where placing a building would result in long pauses Fixed a bug where the Seed

Mar 20, 2026
Steam Deck and Controller Support are now available!

Hi everyone! We've been hard at work and we're excited (even if slightly sad) to announce our final update for Terra Nil. We're incredibly proud of the game it's become and the beauty all our players

Aug 27, 2025
Heatwave v1.2.10

Hi folks, This small patch fixes a bug that seemed to occur only on some AMD graphics cards. Fix a bug where some tiles would show the wrong ground textures

Aug 19, 2025
Heatwave v1.2.9

Hi folks, another quick patch for some issues that have come up. Fix an issue where solar panels could burn infinitely Fix a map generation issue that made continental outskirts unwinnable because of

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresCasual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsNature · Strategy · Relaxing · Puzzle · City Builder · Procedural Generation · Atmospheric · Casual · Turn-Based Strategy · Isometric · Singleplayer · 2.5D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
ControllerFull support
Achievements37
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://freelives.net/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 x64 Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon RX 560X Storage: 2 GB available space