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Create virtual lifeforms whose development is shaped by a deep simulation of evolution. Guide them as they fight, mate, and adapt to the environment you have built. All the creatures in the trailer evolved on their own in the game!
227 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
67 months, March 2021 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
28 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
23 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 101 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 126 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Ecosystem was released on 8 Nov, 2024.
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Small hotfix to address the recently report Unity game engine vulnerability. More information can be found here: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01
Patch notesFixed a critical bug in the aquarium mode.
Patch notesTropical Fish Pack is here!🐠🦈🦑Featuring 5 new creature heads, the Tropical Fish Pack introduces a range of life forms to Ecosystem. You can now shape your virtual world with these additional species in our evolution simulator:Box…
Tactical_LichYou might have seen some very blurry images over the last couple weeks on Steam or on our socials, with some of you getting the correct answer surprisingly quick. That's right, Ecosystem is getting a DLC - Tropical Fish Pack! Coming on…
Tactical_LichLooks like something else noticed our lively habitats, and is approaching to investigate a bit more.Will it be a cheerful presence, or a menace of the sea?I wonder what this might be?
Tactical_LichSmelling blood from the brutal struggles for survival, a new danger is coming soon to the waters of Ecosystem. Hungry, and ready to hunt...Can you guess what it might be?
Tactical_LichHey everyone! Ecosystem is taking part in the Earth Appreciation Festival from April 1 to April 8! It’s an event for games that share the same love for our planet Earth, to showcase nature at its finest and highlight the consequences if we…
Tactical_LichGreetings Evolutionaries! How’s everyone doing? We hope you all had an amazing Christmas! We’re at the end of 2024 now, and this has surely been a year to remember for Ecosystem, especially with our 1.0 full release. Let’s quickly recap…
Tactical_LichPATCH NOTES Ecosystem 1.01 Improvements to the 'force bilateral symmetry' option in the evolutionary parameters panel: Fix: several bugs in mutation code that could result in a loss of symmetry even if 'forced symmetry' is enabled. Fix…
Patch notesHi everyone! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860517/5c3dca50a708eb3e0030e111885b7049772c7961.png November has been such an incredible month! On November 8th, Ecosystem finally entered full release with the arrival of our crustaceans. We’d like to…
Tactical_LichGreetings everyone! Thank you so much to everyone who has played Ecosystem, whether you have been here since early access or just joined us recently. We are very delighted that Ecosystem’s 1.0 full release has been met with such positive…
Tactical_LichThe day has finally arrived! Crustaceans have come to your ecosystems, bringing the game version up to 1.0! It's been a long journey from our initial early access release back in March 2021! Since our initial early access launch we have had…
DanPosHi everyone! We’re back for an October community update and, you might already know, we have some major news to share this month! Let’s jump right in! 1.0 Full Release Incoming! After 4 years in early access, Ecosystem is finally getting…
Tactical_LichGreetings everyone! Ecosystem was in some wonderful events during the month so you can say our September was... eventful. *Cough* Bad puns aside, let us get right into today’s monthly update! One Special Day…
Tactical_LichHey everyone! We're at the end of August and summer is almost over already? Where did all the time go? And it's time for another monthly update already! Back to School Celebrations…
Tactical_LichHi everyone! The first half of 2024 really went by in a blink of an eye and July is already almost over. In this monthly round-up, we have some exciting news to share! New Models…
Tactical_LichJune is ending and we are well into the summer heat. Here’s another monthly wrap-up for Ecosystem! Games for Waves {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860517/0a8cb134515592ac9c6da6538b827a0740eef548.png 8th June is World Oceans Day, and to celebrate this…
Tactical_Lich{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860517/85ea3b02135e694e0d0887412e2f3c9b19d24838.png Today (8th June) is World Oceans Day, which catalyzes collective action for a healthy ocean and a stable climate. That's why we're pleased to share that Ecosystem is…
francescasophHey everyone! May is almost over and it’s time for another monthly update! We've got things scuttling about in the depths that we need to cover... Thank you for the support! First of all, a massive thanks to everyone for checking out…
Tactical_LichHey everyone! April was a big month for Ecosystem, so we thought we'd share a monthly round-up of everything we got up to in case you missed anything. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860517/f8bb6a36bb11bc4773a06c55d8de48bc41fe1f6d.png The Big…
francescasoph{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35860517/318ce3aafd66fc603489526cbac71f73be065001.png Today marks World Earth Day, an occassion where we mark the importance of our planet and the factors that are impacting it. But with human-made issues such as climate…
francescasophHello everyone! After an extended open beta we're pleased to announce that the Behavior Update is out now for everyone! There are a lot of changes and fixes in the update, full patch notes below, but lets take a look at the new changes in…
DanPosHey everyone! We're happy to announce that the beta for the Behaviour Update is now live on the OpenBeta branch on Steam. As always, if you'd like to participate, be sure to back up your saves! BACK UP YOUR SAVES - Before taking part in the…
DanPosHello Everyone, Welcome to the March development update! My work on the next major update, the Behavior Update, is coming to a close and should be ready for a March release date. With the new batch of features, I hope to give creatures more…
DanPosHello! Dan here, community manager for Ecosystem, with a couple of updates to share about Ecosystem. We'll hear from Tom further down about what he's been working on and what he will work on next, but first we have some big news! IndieCade…
DanPosHey folks! We've just released a small Open Beta which brings some performance improvements to the game. As always. please be sure to back up your saves before swapping to the beta! Patch Notes Performance improvements due to reworking all…
DanPosJust a very small post to let you know that the games demo now supports our newly added Japanese language following it's addition when we took the game to Tokyo Game Show. The new update for the demo should be ready to download now :)
DanPosFrom the 81 game titles participating in the Selected Indie 80, TGS2023 nominated and announced the eight finalists who will compete at SOWN2023, a pitch event for indie game developers. The finalist presentations will take place at the TGS…
DanPosHello! After an extended open beta we're now ready to release the Combat Update onto the main branch of the game! You can see the new update in action in the trailer above! This update adds a whole new combat layer to the simulation which…
DanPosThank you everyone for your continued help testing the combat update! We have one last patch (hopefully!) before we look at launching this onto the main branch. Changelog: Add visualizations for the following traits: thick skin/protective…
DanPosHello! We're excited to announce that the next major update to Ecosystem, the "Combat Update", is now in Open Beta for all owners of the game (and if you don't own the game yet you can save 20% during SimFest which is on right now!)…
DanPosHello Everyone, Welcome to the May development update. I'm currently midway through work on the next major update, which is the update I've been most excited about out of all of them so far, and also the one which I think will have the most…
DanPosFixed a bug affecting some peoples Aquariums.
Patch notesHey folks! At 7pm BST, Tom, the developer of Ecosystem will be jumping on a stream to play through some of the game, feel free to submit any questions for him here or during the livestream and they may be answered! And don't forget to check…
DanPosThis hotfix is to address a memory leak issue introduced with the new fish heads and textures we added. Thanks to Stobz on the games Discord for helping test out this patch!
Patch notesThis addresses a memory leak relating to the creature skins that could affect long uninterrupted playthroughs, fixes a problem with the brightness slider on the creature editor for the new creature skin, and adds a separate saturation…
Patch notesHow time flies! Yesterday marked the second year of Ecosystem's Early Access release and to celebrate we're not only on sale for 10% off, but we've also got a new update which doubles the amount of heads and skins in the game, meaning that…
DanPosFixes: Fix issue where charts may not initialize properly and some text may not appear if the Windows system language is not yet supported by the game.
Patch notesPATCH NOTES Fix: The species preview window flickers occasionally when there are lots of creatures. Fix: If the first spawned member of the species is instantly removed due to physics instability or throws an exception, the diet of the…
Patch notesPATCH NOTES Previewed species no longer re-randomize when the player clicks spawn or reopens the menu. Fix: When clicking on the "Hide/Show HUD" key binding button, it incorrectly sets the "Quickload" key binding. Fix: The player is…
Patch notesA small update has just been published for the Open Beta which is currently running adding a species preview window as well as a fix for keyboard remapping on different keyboards.
Patch notesHello everyone! We were hoping our next update would be the previously announced fish heads, however as with all things game development, they're taking longer than anticipated but we wanted to get something out this side of Christmas…
DanPosHotfix for a UI bug that would make it so users could not interact the UI under certain circumstances. Thanks to community member Stobz for helping is squash this one!
Patch notesHello! Ecosystem has been updated today to include a camera mode, as well as German and French localisations! Full patch notes below: v0.28 FEATURES Language support for French and German. Add Camera submenu to the Controls menu with…
DanPosYou can opt into the open beta, with no password needed if you own the game on steam. Below are the patch notes, any feedback much appreciated! Be sure to back up your saves before trying the beta! v0.28 FEATURES Language support for French…
DanPosIt's spooky season again and you know what that means! Halloween has come to the depths of Ecosystem! The ocean is a vast place, full of the unknown, and now in creative mode you can get into the spooky spirit by turning your creative map…
DanPosHello everyone :) Dan here from Slug Disco and I'm here with a special video! In this video I sit down with Tom, the solo developer, behind Ecosystem to ask him about the project, both the history of the project, if the game has gone the…
DanPosHello everyone! We're pleased to say that Ecosystem's latest Major Update, the Evolution Sandbox update is out now! If you would like to learn more about the update you can read Development Update #10 where we went into a lot of detail…
DanPosHappy World Oceans Day everyone! We were recently approached by WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conversation who in partnership with Curve Games are running a World Oceans Day Charity Sale to raise aware for their charitable work and honestly…
DanPosHello everyone, Welcome to the tenth development update. I'm currently finishing one of the bigger updates Ecosystem has had so far, the Evolutionary Sandbox update. This update is all about interactions with creatures and adding ways to…
DanPosEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
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| Ecosystem - Tropical Fish Pack | Windows | 01 Aug 2025 |
| Ecosystem Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 01 Aug 2025 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | Ecosystem.exe | windows 64 |
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