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Steam app 1409160 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 21:11 UTC

Plasma

Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.

Plasma Steam header artwork
Dry Cactus, Licorice ehfDry Licorice
22playing now
3924-hour peak
217all-time peak
9average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

−0.6Gain−5.45%% gain39Peak

292 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

01121324213 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 20268 peakFriday 14 August 202613 peakSaturday 15 August 202614 peakSunday 16 August 202615 peakMonday 17 August 202616 peakTuesday 18 August 202611 peakWednesday 19 August 202614 peakThursday 20 August 20269 peakFriday 21 August 202611 peakSaturday 22 August 202612 peakSunday 23 August 202615 peakMonday 24 August 202612 peakTuesday 25 August 202614 peakWednesday 26 August 202610 peakThursday 27 August 202617 peakFriday 28 August 202616 peakSaturday 29 August 202615 peakSunday 30 August 202618 peakMonday 31 August 202615 peakTuesday 01 September 202612 peakWednesday 02 September 202613 peakThursday 03 September 20269 peakFriday 04 September 202613 peakSaturday 05 September 202617 peakSunday 06 September 202618 peakMonday 07 September 202614 peakTuesday 08 September 202610 peakWednesday 09 September 20268 peakThursday 10 September 202618 peakFriday 11 September 202623 peakSaturday 12 September 202639 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

42 months, April 2023 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.

059117176234Apr 2023Nov 2023Jun 2024Jan 2025Aug 2025Mar 2026April 2023173 monthly peakMay 202340 monthly peakJune 202334 monthly peakJuly 202329 monthly peakAugust 202337 monthly peakSeptember 202333 monthly peakOctober 202324 monthly peakNovember 202316 monthly peakDecember 202317 monthly peakJanuary 202416 monthly peakFebruary 202420 monthly peakMarch 202420 monthly peakApril 202417 monthly peakMay 2024140 monthly peakJune 2024217 monthly peakJuly 202454 monthly peakAugust 202446 monthly peakSeptember 202439 monthly peakOctober 202450 monthly peakNovember 202443 monthly peakDecember 202430 monthly peakJanuary 202533 monthly peakFebruary 202537 monthly peakMarch 202528 monthly peakApril 202525 monthly peakMay 202528 monthly peakJune 202524 monthly peakJuly 202589 monthly peakAugust 202550 monthly peakSeptember 202532 monthly peakOctober 202526 monthly peakNovember 202527 monthly peakDecember 202525 monthly peakJanuary 202636 monthly peakFebruary 202629 monthly peakMarch 202630 monthly peakApril 202624 monthly peakMay 202628 monthly peakJune 202626 monthly peakJuly 202621 monthly peakAugust 202625 monthly peakSeptember 202639 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

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.

011213242July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202621 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202625 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202639 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

0611172301 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202616 peakThursday 02 July 202619 peakFriday 03 July 202612 peakSaturday 04 July 202616 peakSunday 05 July 202619 peakMonday 06 July 202613 peakTuesday 07 July 20269 peakWednesday 08 July 202617 peakThursday 09 July 202613 peakFriday 10 July 202612 peakSaturday 11 July 202617 peakSunday 12 July 202615 peakMonday 13 July 202615 peakTuesday 14 July 202613 peakWednesday 15 July 202615 peakThursday 16 July 202613 peakFriday 17 July 202612 peakSaturday 18 July 202616 peakSunday 19 July 202613 peakMonday 20 July 202613 peakTuesday 21 July 202613 peakWednesday 22 July 202613 peakThursday 23 July 202619 peakFriday 24 July 202613 peakSaturday 25 July 202613 peakSunday 26 July 202616 peakMonday 27 July 202615 peakTuesday 28 July 202613 peakWednesday 29 July 202614 peakThursday 30 July 202611 peakFriday 31 July 202621 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 164 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

0714202701 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202625 peakSunday 02 August 202622 peakMonday 03 August 202622 peakTuesday 04 August 202620 peakWednesday 05 August 202621 peakThursday 06 August 202622 peakFriday 07 August 202618 peakSaturday 08 August 202618 peakSunday 09 August 202618 peakMonday 10 August 202617 peakTuesday 11 August 202617 peakWednesday 12 August 202620 peakThursday 13 August 202616 peakFriday 14 August 202613 peakSaturday 15 August 202614 peakSunday 16 August 202615 peakMonday 17 August 202616 peakTuesday 18 August 202611 peakWednesday 19 August 202614 peakThursday 20 August 20269 peakFriday 21 August 202611 peakSaturday 22 August 202612 peakSunday 23 August 202615 peakMonday 24 August 202612 peakTuesday 25 August 202614 peakWednesday 26 August 202610 peakThursday 27 August 202617 peakFriday 28 August 202616 peakSaturday 29 August 202615 peakSunday 30 August 202618 peakMonday 31 August 202615 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 128 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01121324201 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202612 peakWednesday 02 September 202613 peakThursday 03 September 20269 peakFriday 04 September 202613 peakSaturday 05 September 202617 peakSunday 06 September 202618 peakMonday 07 September 202614 peakTuesday 08 September 202610 peakWednesday 09 September 20268 peakThursday 10 September 202618 peakFriday 11 September 202623 peakSaturday 12 September 202639 peak

October 2026

Plasma was released on 13 Sep, 2023.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Free to playUpdated 12 Sep 2026, 21:11 UTC
App ID
1409160
Last updated
21 Feb 2024 build 13513850
Developer
Dry Cactus, Licorice ehf
Publisher
Dry Licorice
Release date
13 Sep, 2023
Platforms
Windows
Download size
1.87 GB
Install size
4.64 GB
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
Game modes
Single-player
Controller support
Unknown

Features & support

Steam features

Steam WorkshopFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

SimulationSandbox3DExplorationBuildingChoose Your Own AdventureProgrammingFirst-PersonAutomationLogicStylizedRobotsGame DevelopmentSci-fiCraftingBase BuildingOpen WorldPhysicsMultiplayerFree to Play
About this gameFull description from Steam
Plasma is a creative engineering playground where you can build any device you can imagine. Bring to life your own amazing robots, factories, arcade machines, giant rampaging spiders, whole game worlds, and things that don't even have a name yet, then share them with the community. BUILD Free-form building with hundreds of components! Scale, rotate, paint, customize every aspect to make the device of your dreams. CONTROL A user-friendly visual programming tool to control behavior and logic for your devices, with advanced nodes to get anything and everything done. SHARE Explore the Steam Workshop to discover loads of devices and populated worlds, learn from others and share your own creations for others to enjoy.
Content & age ratings2 regional ratings

Regional ratings

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System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-6350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB | AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780, 3 GB | AMD Radeon R9 290X, 4 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space

macOS

Minimum: Recommended:

Linux

Minimum: Recommended:
Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

29 developer announcements, Sep 2022 to May 2024 · times in UTC

May

  1. If you love something, set it Free-to-play!

    Dear Engineers, We have two pieces of news to share today, a good one and a bad one. Starting with the good one, from May 30 Plasma will be free to download and play here on Steam. We are doing this in the hopes that as many people get to…

    patrick

February

  1. Update 0.4.0.0

    Dear Engineers, We're excited to push our first update out since resuming development. Today we're bringing some commonly requested features and improvements, thanks to everyone who is contributing with their ideas and feedback on the…

    patrick
  2. Development Resuming

    Dear Engineers, We are excited to share the news that development on Plasma is resuming. The team has shrunk back to its original 2 co-founders (Patrick and Marco) and we're still not exactly sure where the focus will be in the early days…

    patrick

September

  1. Development Hiatus

    Dear Engineers, With great reluctance we announce today that Plasma is going on an indefinite development hiatus. It has been an incredible 6 year journey, Plasma being the longest and most ambitious project we ever worked on. We are very…

    patrick

July

  1. Engineering Challenge: Sumo Bots

    Summer is here and we want to invite you to join our biggest Engineering Challenge yet! We have a special themed World just for the occasion, download it from the Workshop using World ID: 2993542422 Do you like BattleBots? Do you like…

    patrick

June

  1. Milestone 1 - Closed Loops

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42952921/25deee1acb25be00c817b32ee57c39de0b7ada72.png Hey there Engineers! It’s already been 2 months since the Early Access release, it has been amazing to see what the community is coming up with and the creativity and…

    etabubu

May

  1. Hotfix for 0.3.1.1

    FIXES Fixed an issue that would crash the game when interacting with a Text property in several components and nodes. The "Despawner" component now correctly despawns devices that are very close to it. The "Color Painter" component is now…

    Patch notes
  2. Minor Update - 0.3.1.1

    Welcome to another exciting update. The drones at PlasmaLabs Inc. are especially proud of this one! IMPROVEMENTS Added the "Net Link" component: it allows you to execute web requests. You can use it to talk to REST servers and retrieve or…

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix for 0.3.1.0

    FIXES Removed Lab Medium biome since it was crashing the game and wasn't supposed to be there in the first place. Don't worry, you're not missing much, it's just a test biome we use internally. Fixed sharp notes volume. Fixed "Quarter Tube…

    Patch notes
  4. Plasma - v0.3.1.0

    Welcome to this new juicy update brought to you by our beloved drones at PlasmaLabs Inc.! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42952921/1176de7effc1d985de2adff1c386ec9f1788961f.gif IMPROVEMENTS Added a batch of new components called "Glass Part": these…

    etabubu

April

  1. Minor Update - 0.3.0.5

    A small update while we work on the big stuff! IMPROVEMENTS New "Semi Tube" component added. Increased range of the "Elevator" component. Added sharp notes to the sound library. Replaced the "Showcase" tab in the Device and World browsers…

    Patch notes
  2. Hotfix for the hotfix for 0.3.0.4

    FIXES Fixed a bug that would show the whole homebase in Wireframe effect. Fixed a nasty bug that would make repeatable nodes (Dispatcher, Modules, Repeater...) not output correctly.

    Patch notes
  3. Hotfix for 0.3.0.4

    FIXES Fixed a bug that would make all sensors stop working when mounted on a Player Connector component. Fixed a vfx bug that would show a teleported device in Solid mode when it was actually in Wireframe mode.

    Patch notes
  4. Minor Update - 0.3.0.4

    Just in time for the weekend! Enjoy the improvements and bug fixes! IMPROVEMENTS The "Distance Sensor" component now outputs Max Distance when "nothing" is detected. The "Holo Projector" component now offers a bunch of new properties…

    Patch notes
  5. Plasma - v0.3.0.3

    The drones at PlasmaLabs Inc. have been working hard for the past few days to bring you this amazing update! Enjoy! IMPROVEMENTS Added a "Lock / Unlock Device" system: while looking at a device in Wireframe, press U to toggle between locked…

    etabubu

March

  1. Hotfix 0.3.0.2

    Some crashes fixed for players who played the demo Redesigned Guru Meditation window to make it more clear and report more data about the crash Light Sensor component fixed (it was causing a crash in the Tutorial world) Sliding Door…

    Patch notes
  2. Hotfix 0.3.0.1

    Just a quick patch to fix a crash caused by deleting a Light component while a Light Sensor was active (was happening in Tutorial too).

    Patch notes
  3. Early Access Out Now

    "After 5 years of development, hopefully, it was worth the wait" Plasma is out now in Early Access!

    patrick
  4. Early Access Release Broadcast

    Watch us be silly and play the game we've worked on for the past 5 years! 5 YEARS! AAAAH!

    patrick
  5. Changes since the Demo

    As some of you know, Plasma was part of Steam Next Fest in October 2022, when we had a Demo of the game available to try out for a 3 week period. We are often asked what has changed since the Demo, loads of things went in (too many to…

    Dry Licorice
  6. The Art of Plasma

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42952921/fde15388ef6cb291c96f38a4e59252545bd58a9d.png Hello everyone, I'm Javier, one of the developers of Plasma. I've been working as an artist on the game, so here I'm going to do a quick intro to the art and visual…

    Dry Cactus
  7. Robotics Deep-Dive

    Hello everyone, Patrick here, one of the developers on Plasma. I've been meaning to do a focused post on the physics of Plasma for a while. As the old saying goes, there is no better time than the present, so here we are. As one of two…

    Dry Cactus

February

  1. Plasma coming to Steam on March 30!

    Phew! It's hard to believe, but after more than 5 years of development Plasma is finally ready to be released into the wild! We can't wait for the day to come and are really looking forward to seeing what you will do in the vast creative…

    patrick

October

  1. Demo Period Ended

    Thank you so much to everyone for playing Plasma, sending in suggestions, and helping us shape the future of this ambitious game. We'll now start working on the full version, fixing bugs, implementing new features, and creating new content.…

    patrick
  2. Demo Extended!

    Surprise! Due to popular demand, we decided to extend the demo period by one week! You now have until the evening of October 23rd to create even more crazy devices and worlds! Enjoy!

    patrick
  3. Plasma Demo Out Now!

    After a long night of fixing bugs and preparing last minute things, we are finally ready to release the demo! We hope you will enjoy building and exploring everything Plasma has to offer! Come join our Discord if you need any support, want…

    patrick
  4. Plasma Next Fest Livestream #2

    Come join us for our second livestream during Steam Next Fest!

    patrick
  5. Plasma Next Fest Livestream #1

    Join us for our first livestream of Plasma during Steam Next Fest!

    patrick

September

  1. Free Demo Coming October 3rd!

    We are excited to announce that a free demo of Plasma will be coming on October 3rd!🎉 We can't wait to see what you will build! 🤖 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/42952921/c0a31aa8c632932dbb6b6fdf78d259bb4834e1dc.gif Come join our Discord to find out…

    etabubu

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