Evolution overview

Overview

Evolution comes from Alex Williams and is published by Grubby Monster Games. It arrived on Steam on Jun 6, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Evolution's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 14:08:01 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 47% positive across 106 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Evolution is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Evolution has sold up to 22,597 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $19,766. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Evolution overview details

Evolution combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Evolution is a real time simulation of the evolutionary process. Creatures have DNA that defines their structure, traits, how they see the world around them, and how they react to it. Each creature is unique, most die quickly, some die a little slower, and others survive (some just like rocks, they usually die too). It is the survivors that reproduce and mutate, just a little, but enough to adapt to their environment. Early creatures are pretty basic but they have the capacity for some pretty elaborate behaviors and, to be honest, I am not sure how interesting this could get. There are a number of games built around this evolution simulator. Primordial Soup is a free for all evolution platform where the creatures evolve mostly independently. You can help them along but its their world and they do what they like. To start you choose a world (or create a new one) and all the creatures become part of a global shared pool. It quickly becomes apparent that older more evolved creatures will dominate but there is always a chance you could evolve one that survives. Alternatively you can just start a new world and become the dominant creature there. In Tidepool, the world is stacked in your favor to help you select and breed the creatures you deem fit to live. At first you control a small handful of creatures and help them find food, focus on those that move independently, or just let them figure it out. You compete against creatures that evolved in other tide pools from other players so it is never the same game twice. If you do manage to take over the environment all your creatur…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Evolution is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Partial Controller Support, Stats, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Free To Play, Indie, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 14:08:01 UTC, a tracked peak of 3, and 47% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieSimulationFree to Play

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Support and legal notes

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