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.

Thrive is a simulation, science and sandbox game developed and published by Revolutionary Games Studio.
Released on November 26th 2021 is available in English on Windows and Linux.

It has received 1,105 reviews of which 1,025 were positive and 80 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam and has a 25% discount.

The Steam community has classified Thrive into these genres:

Simulation Science Sandbox Character Customization Education Procedural Generation Nature Tutorial Casual Artificial Intelligence 3D 2D Realistic 3D Vision Family Friendly Survival Top-Down Management Hex Grid Early Access

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Requirements

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

Windows

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

Linux

OS: A distro that is at least as new as AlmaLinux 9
Processor: Intel Core i5-4570 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 530
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: PulseAudio compatible
Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.0 capable GPU and drivers required

Reviews

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June 2024

Best game that will never be finished ever Play this game and it will consume your mind, body and soul. You will spend the rest of eternity begging god to see Thrive, thrive. yet it will never come, the devs are great people from what I've seen and they are trying as hard as they can but this project is to much for any mortal to make. if you are fine with living on crumbs, and yet not being able to be angry at the devs because they are doing all they can, buy this game immediately. I don't even care if you don't like microbiology please just give the devs more money they deserve it for even trying this. as for the actual finished content of the game, its great. currently only microbiology but very in depth with plenty of potential niches to occupy, there is support for both autotrophy and predation with multiple ways to achieve either or both. My personal favorite is making Photosynthetic organisms, which the developers have been expanding lately adding a proper day/night cycle to make Photosynthesis more engaging and difficult. and to the devs, if you see this. thank you, for everything you and those before you have done with this project. I wish you luck.

March 2024

Great project, keep it up. As other said, the dev offers it for free on Github but at this price, give the guy a few bucks. It's already a good game and he's still working on it.

March 2024

The human body consists of roughly 400 different cell types. Each type of cell is specialised to carry out a particular function, either solely or by forming a tissue. These cells add up to 20 - 40 trillion cells that make up an adult human being. Double that amount to count all the bacterial cells in your body, of which there are more than 10000 species recorded. So that's roughly up to 80,000,000,000,000 or 8 x 10^12 cells in total. In Thrive you start as 1 cell.

March 2024

In early access evolutionary cell game, a good first impression. Early access Early access can mean a lot of things, but this one seems to be updated regularly, as seen here: https://steamdb.info/app/1779200/patchnotes/ Recently I saw a list of management games for 2024. When I went to Thrives storepage to wishlist it. But when I saw the price of €4 might as well purchase it right away. I now did one run until I got 'you thrived', for the rest I will let the game cook some more. In this game you control a cell, moving through clouds of glucose, ammonia, phosphate, hydrogen sulfide and iron. You can absorb a fraction of your body with these substances. Glucose and iron can be converted into energy. The other substances can be converted into glucose. When you run out of resources and energy, you lose health and die, halving the number of your species. When you have collected a number of resources you can add elements to your cell, such as extra iron into energy, or extra propellant to your cell. It looks very scientific biology-like, but it's exactly the same like a game as FTL, it's your little spaceship-cell! There are several techniques possible for victory. Small fast & nimble to outrun your competitors, or big and lumpy to devour everything. I haven't seen everything, but I will return for the release! 70/100 More reviews at [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/39546715/]Omnivore Gamer , games that are easy to control (for handicapped gamers).

Jan. 2024

Great early access evolution simulator, probably the most dedicated to accuracy of its kind however unlikely to ever escape development completely

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Steam data	15 November 2024 15:08
SteamSpy data	19 December 2024 17:38
Steam price	23 December 2024 12:48
Steam reviews	23 December 2024 10:07

-25% 3.99€ 2.99€

8.8

1,025

Online players

Developer

Revolutionary Games Studio

Publisher

Revolutionary Games Studio

Release 26 Nov 2021

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