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(the) Gnorp Apologue
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This game is really fun. Great time kill. A lot of incremental games like this are designed to have you always chasing power creep. So while I appreciate seeing an incremental game that has a definitive "I beat the game" point, I do wish there was more content. Not because the…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“Cool game but the pacing is incredibly slow at the end to truly finish the game and I was not a fan of that. Otherwise it is fun to help the Gnorps with their mission.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“An Idler that has heavy strategy and synergy building. [h3] ————Short TL;DR: ———— [/h3] The game has a learning curve but can be the most addictive and fun part of the game, especially when you hit the big numbers that also give that feel of “holy… what is even going on” as your…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
THE ROAD TO EPILOGUE IS PAVED WITH GNORPS — (the) New Gnorp Times #24
Hello friends! It's been a while, so surely it must be time for some gnorp news. This post will be about Epilogue, an upcoming (free) expansion to the game that will bring new mechanics, an (almost) e
Trading Cards, Point Shop Items and Bundle!
Hello everyone! Trading cards are here! In addition, there are also a whole bunch of Points Shop items, and there is a limited time bundle for the Steam Winter Sale.Trading CardsTrading cards are now
Hats, and Epilogue Status — (the) New Gnorp Times #23
Hello! With no Half-Life 3 announcement, the world needs (the) New Gnorp Times more than ever. Today we'll talk about hats, and the current status of the Epilogue Expansion,I hope you are doing well,
Party Pad — (the) New Gnorp Times #22
It's time for another TNGT. I'm hard at work with the Epilogue Expansion and the end is finally in sight. Today I'm going to talk about buildings in Epilogue.The Epilogue is an upcoming free expansion
The Ring - (the) New Gnorp Times #21
Welcome to another issue of (the) New Gnorp Times, voted superior to The New York Times in a recently conducted survey (Sample size: 1; Margin of error: ±0%). The topic of today is The Ring, a new mec
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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.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Clicker · Idler · Strategy · Building · Rogue-lite · Economy · Management · Cute · Mining · 2D · Casual · Rogue-like (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://gnorp.dev/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB, OpenGL 3+ Storage: 150 MB available space