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APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.

APICO is a exploration, management and sandbox game developed by ellraiser and TNgineers and published by Whitethorn Games.
Released on May 20th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 8 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 1,702 reviews of which 1,570 were positive and 132 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 16.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.53€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified APICO into these genres:

Exploration Management Sandbox Education Nature Immersive Sim Building Casual 2D Open World Cute Top-Down Relaxing Simulation Pixel Graphics Online Co-Op Colorful Singleplayer Indie Family Friendly

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Core i5 (4th Gen)
Memory: 4 MB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Integrated
Storage: 250 MB available space
Sound Card: Integrated
Additional Notes: We recommend you try running the free demo first!

MacOS

OS: MacOS 11.5+ (MacOS 15.0 Currently Not Supported)
Processor: 1.1GHz Dual-Core Intel Core M
Memory: 4 MB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Integrated
Storage: 250 MB available space
Sound Card: Integrated
Additional Notes: We recommend you try running the free demo first!

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i5 (4th Gen)
Memory: 4 MB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Integrated
Storage: 250 MB available space
Sound Card: Integrated
Additional Notes: We recommend you try running the free demo first!

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

First off, I just want to say that APICO is not a game for everyone. But some people will enjoy it, including me. Now the only problem I have for this game is the start. In the beginning, it WILL be overwhelming. VERY overwhelming. With all the different items, tools, machines, NPCs, bees, and books. But, if you are someone like me, who is able to figure things out and adapt to them, or even better, enjoy this learning, then APICO is a game for you. A pro to this game is that you can take everything at any pace you want to, no health bar, no thirst bar, no hunger bar, nothing. Also, I like how if you get confused about something, the answer will most likely have been explained to you already, you just need to go back and check. Some other stuff: (spoilers) -Kidnapping -Butterflies, flowers, fish. -Multiplayer -The 4th dimension -Learn how to read binary Edit: I just achieved 100%! Just wanted to say that this game is amazing!

March 2025

I've been playing this game non-stop with my girlfriend, who says its the best game that I've ever gifted her. This is a very unique and original game unlike the over-saturation of farming sims that we both grew tired of. I'd say Apico a very good game for couples, and I would really recommend this for those looking to play a cozy game with their partner. It additionally has a lot of content, which makes this game very good value.

March 2025

Ultimately I would recommend this game, but only if you really like games that make you grind, and/or if you have a strong nostalgia for the old beekeeping mod from Minecraft. When I say grind, I don't just mean having to go out and chop trees for wood, rocks for stone, and harvest hives for honey; I mean even in the UI. Do you want to scrape a frame from a hive in order to get both honey and byproducts to sell? You will need to literally pull down a scraping button in the UI. Want to saw wood into planks? You will need to move and twist a UI element in a circle. It is like this for quite literally everything. The ultimate goal in the game, as I saw it, wasn't to collect all the different bees, butterfly species, and flowers, but to get to the automated crafting stations. As soon as I saw how long it would take me to get there, I stopped being interested in this game. I don't mind grinding out hundreds of breeding bee pairs in order to get a new type of species to advance the game. I don't mind collecting wood, leaves, and other items to feed butterflies to get more caterpillars, or collecting a bunch of flowers and seeds to try and crossbreed them. That stuff is pretty fun, and if you focus on that, then this game can be great. Unfortunately, there is a heavy grind to all of that to begin with, and if that was everything, I think that might be ok. But when you have to individually saw each log into a plank by clicking and dragging the UI element back and forth three times, or have to keep the honey harvesting device constantly spinning for it to work, that is where I draw the line. I can see some people getting a lot of enjoyment out of this game; and I did enjoy it for about 20 hours or so. After that, I tried to keep going, but just couldn't do it. I would give this game a very lukewarm recommendation. I really want to like it and keep playing, but I just can't bring myself to do it. If you are going to buy this game, either try the demo and see how you feel about all the mechanics. I didn't try it unfortunately, so I don't quite know how far it goes; but you should be able to see what I am talking about in it. If you don't want to try the demo and just get right into the game, I would highly recommend that you do not get it at full price; wait for a sale.

Dec. 2024

APICO is a very good simulation game where you take care of the hives and bees. With some cutes pixels graphics and a chill ambiant, I recommend it!!! 💗🐝💗

May 2024

Before buying Apico I tried to look up reviews and gameplay online to see if I'd enjoy the play style, but it's really hard to find much content on this game. Whilst that was sort of a red flag to me, I downloaded it anyway. Apico is the definition of cosy game (to me at least!), and is a unique perspective on standard farming sims. Time passes in the game, but there are NO time constraints. Your character doesn't need to sleep, there's no combat, things dont expire in time, you can really just play at your own pace. I've spent multiple in game days rearranging my house and bee area with no repercussions, whereas similar farming games can somewhat penalise you for 'wasting' this much time and neglecting other aspects of the game. There are so many different machines you'll have running at once, and I did find this overwhelming at first as it seemed impossible to keep up with everything, but the beauty of it is that you don't have to keep up. Machines can sit completed for as long as you need, there's no reason to rush and rush to keep things running constantly. There's A LOT to learn in this game, but the quest system works perfectly for teaching you all of the core mechanics and how to use all of the machines. There are plenty of quality of life features that are much appreciated - the menu system is unique and perfectly executed, and small things like when a tool breaks, if you have another of the same tool in your inventory it will automatically switch to your hand slot so you can just continue using it, both great examples of how smooth and enjoyable this game is to navigate. Apico is a cute little bee saving simulator that truly does feel relaxing to play. 10/10, definitely recommend!

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