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Thrive
An evolution simulation game. Take control of your species in the environment and edit your species as a whole. Compete with other evolving species for resources on an alien planet.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The game is neat, I can see the direction its going it could mean some funny stuff. However, currently its somewhat hard to know how to evolve for anyone that isn't too familiar with evolution or just planning about 3 steps ahead to become what they want. Currently the easiest…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“maybe my great grandchildren will be able to play the full game”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Absolutely massive potential. Played it for free, then decided to give 5 bucks down the line. This is like Spore but on steroids, you get it?”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:51 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.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Devblog #52: More Specialized
It's already time for the second major update of the Multicellular Stage! In the last update, we first introduced the Cell Specialization system. This has now been greatly improved upon by refinement
Thrive 1.1.0 Public Beta is now Available
The next Thrive release is almost here, so it is time to do the usual early public testing to catch issues before they reach the stable release. The major features in this release is the greatly expan
Thrive Patch 1.0.1.1
This is a quick patch to fix a few problems when exiting the editor in the multicellular stage with certain cell layouts. And this release also improves auto-evo memory efficiency a lot. You can find
Devblog #51: Onward to Multicellular
It's finally time for the first major update of the Multicellular Stage development process! We have a new cell specialisation feature allowing you to really take advantage of the multiple cell types
Thrive 1.0.1 Public Beta is now Available
It will be time soon to release 1.0.1, which marks the official start of the multicellular development era. But for now it is time for the customary public test build. Here are some of the things you
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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, Early Access |
| Player tags | Simulation · Science · Sandbox · Character Customization · Education · Procedural Generation · Nature · Tutorial · Casual · Artificial Intelligence · 3D · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300U Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 530 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.0 capable GPU and drivers required