Steam app 512460 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 23:44 UTC
Play as Animals, Live in Nature! Multiple game modes include Realistic Lifecycles, Survival, Sandbox, Fantasy and Exploration. Unique gameplay for each species! Currently featuring Monarch Butterfly, Praying Mantis, Jumping Spider and other iconic creatures. Mammals, Birds, Reptiles coming soon!
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120 months, October 2016 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.
16 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
16 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
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Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar was released on 6 Mar, 2025.
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16 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Jan 2019 to Jun 2026 · times in UTC
Dear Wonderful Players of Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar,All the game's recent DLC releases are now discounted 50% off for midsummer!Lifecycles mode bugfixed for Praying Mantis "Golden Black Huntress"This update also fixes the Lifecycles…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear Butterfly Lovers, this one is for you!Featuring four new skins including Monarch Butterfly Remastered, a "Violet-Blue" theme for Common Blue Butterfly, a "Joyful Mimic" Viceroy skin and finally a "Fair Golden Bee" Solitary Bee skin…
Venugopalan SreedharanNew Predator Skins Released!Relive your favorite predator experiences now donning (no pun intended!) flamboyant new Predator Skins! What's included This update includes 4 new skins for the following species: Praying Mantis Golden Black…
Venugopalan SreedharanThis update brings some highly useful improvements to camera for Common Blue Butterfly and Praying Mantis, as well as important bugfixes.Here's a visual overview!Jumping Spider players do note that "Flipping Over" across leaves as an adult…
Patch notesRelive your DoN's Jumping Spider experiences - now as a tiny Peacock Jumping Spider!Grow from a tiny egg to mature adult in Lifecycles mode, saunter through the glades in Survival mode, or simply hop onto Sandbox mode and create custom game…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear Players, This is a major foundation update for Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar.This update essentially paves the way for the entire range of major features and expansions that have been long awaited for the game, by first providing the…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear wonderful players of Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar! It's now easier, more fun and beautiful than ever to play with this update! Bringing a vastly improved camera, controls and movement across all species, a new graphics renderer that…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear players! It is time to celebrate! A Beautiful New Blue Butterfly is in your midst! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/b67311f8e5b15b2f0daa46af440c0345749c6965.jpg The Common Blue Butterfly species has arrived, the first of the game's New…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear Wonderful Players! A new 2025 trailer is out for Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar, do check it out below! Read further on to learn about the game's 2025 roadmap as well :) 2025 Trailer for Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar 2025 Roadmap…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear Players, This update brings key Steam features that have been requested for by the game's wonderful players for long now! Steam Achievements, Cards, Stats and Cloud Save have all been added! Along with these comes several key…
Venugopalan SreedharanFour are the Rivulets of DoN, Manifold are their forms within! To Play Survival / Casual / Fantasy / Design is Fun, Come now, give these a quick spin! Dear Players, this is the biggest Presentation Update for Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar…
Venugopalan SreedharanRelive your favorite experiences! A major graphics update has been released for Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar! Significantly improved visuals for all game modes and species come with this update, so be sure to give it a try! Aside from…
Venugopalan SreedharanLinux Gets Latest Content, Vulkan Graphics {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/2e097ccd5bc1fb62a151ce5e3f1951498e632f73.jpg Good news for DoN's Linux players! The Linux build has been updated with the game's latest spectacles and now also runs on a…
Venugopalan SreedharanNature & Life - Drunk On Nectar's 2024 Trailer Dear players, The 2024 video trailer for DoN is now out! This video summarizes the key offerings of Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar as of today. The Monarch Butterfly Lifecycle, Praying Mantis…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear Wonderful Players of Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar! Patch #3 for the Praying Mantis Lifecycles is out! Bringing Gender selection, Locomotion improvements & lots more, this update is a must-play for every fan of DoN! What's New Mantis…
Venugopalan SreedharanWatch The Praying Mantis Release Video! Patch #2 for the Praying Mantis Lifecycles Release is out! Patch #2 Changelist The following improvements have been made: Locomotion improved Stepping onto flowers and out of them is now much easier!…
Venugopalan SreedharanWatch The Praying Mantis Release Video! Patch #1 Released Contains the following essential fixes: 1) Growth Issues for 5th/6th instar fixed 2) Chemical Vision no longer throttles FPS 3) Prey Fauna Spawning: now improved such that players no…
Venugopalan Sreedharan{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/97d2999f94b2141725a1cf94def6ddf9ad43b903.jpg Experience The Mantis Tree World! The Praying Mantis Lifecycle has now been released on the grandest stage this game has ever seen: A Living Tree World - procedurally…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear Friends, You can now purchase Drunk On Nectar's soundtrack on Steam! This is also a fundraiser for the game's ongoing development, as every single purchase will help immensely towards providing financial support for sustaining the…
Venugopalan SreedharanThis is a minor update with the following bugfixes: Game Music Game music was playing just one track repeatedly ("Sweet Nectar Drinker" - the Blue Mud Dauber's theme song) instead of cycling through all the OST in the game. To new players…
Patch notesHappy Weekend, Dear Friends! DoN's Version v0.5.2 is out! Featuring more improvements across the board, this build focuses on polishing existing gameplay systems and visual content. Here's a quick round up! Visual Improvements Depth Of…
Venugopalan SreedharanDoN is being improved around the clock and this weekend release delivers all the goodies that went in over the past 2 weeks! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/fa7057822649bbdcbf54fcebea56b2cb7d6de970.jpg V0.5.1 Release Roundup Input Keys…
Venugopalan SreedharanDrunk On Nectar is back into full development again! This milestone v0.5 update is literally the halfway point for the game towards a Full Release out of Early Access. The game's development process has been revitalized on many levels and…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear friends, Today marks the beginning of a new development cycle for Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar! The goal is to complete the first version of DoN, get V1 out of Early Access and into a full release, over the next 4-6 months or so.…
Venugopalan SreedharanThe next series of updates for "Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar" is underway! Today's update brings a vastly improved experience for the Praying Mantis Survival release. The Mantis is now easier to play, control and survive with, so please…
Venugopalan SreedharanFeaturing the Praying Mantis, enjoy the best Survival experience ever presented in Nature & Life - Drunk On Nectar, to date! Survive 7 days of Spring as an adult Mantis amid intense competition from prey and predator rivals, all set in a…
Venugopalan SreedharanThanks as always to the game's loving fans for your keen interest and enquiries about the Praying Mantis update! My sincere apologies for the extended delay and lack of news in the past month. On a personal front I've been in the midst of…
Venugopalan SreedharanDear players, The much awaited Praying Mantis Lifecycle is game's next update and it is almost there! Players will experience the complete lifecycle of the Praying Mantis across multiple generations with new gameplay mechanics and…
Venugopalan SreedharanThis update includes the following changes: Input rempapping fixed Custom keyboard inputs now save correctly, this was broken in a previous update. Players will now be able to remap controls again without issues! Monarch species menu…
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/bcd8e42ee3d411ade5c03a8a1dfc68d971ccf27c.jpg Bringing improved lighting and graphics across the board and deep polishing of the entire Jumping Spider lifecycle, this is a major update to the game that also…
Venugopalan SreedharanThe next round of improvements to DoN is here! Along with major bugfixes and improvements this update also features redesigned gameplay. Notably... Long Jumps Redesigned In response to feedback from players over the years, Long Jumping for…
Venugopalan SreedharanBringing improvements to the entire game across both gameplay and visuals, here is a quick overview of this release. Overview ~ Monarch Butterfly ~ Caterpillar locomotion improvements Mating minigames for male and female butterfly improved…
Venugopalan SreedharanWatch the Storyboard! Watch DoN's Red Forest Squirrel bound across a carpet of colors in the preview video below! https://youtu.be/gk3p9FlGcvo This video also features a Storyboard and special dev message for fans of the game. Venu's Nature…
Venugopalan SreedharanWatch Episode 2 - Fundraising & Fun In Nature! As part of the ongoing fundraising campaign for Drunk On Nectar, Episode 2 of the Venu's Nature Diary series has been released. Let's take a look! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJ6B2JbfQE…
Venugopalan SreedharanFundraising for Drunk On Nectar, Fun in Nature! Hello! This is Venu, the developer behind DoN :) I've been building this game by myself for the past 6 years now and most certainly intend to keep going so long as this world needs a Nature…
Venugopalan SreedharanA major bugfix has been released which fully resolves the sudden FPS drops reported by multiple players since the last update. Also fixed is the Monarch Butterfly's pupation and emergence animation sequences; these were inadvertently broken…
Venugopalan Sreedharan{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/7c415cd70353452765cd5862dd3f69c62cc30322.jpg Drunk On Nectar's milestone Planetary Ecology update has been released! In an exciting new direction for the game, players can now Create Planets and Design Biome…
Venugopalan SreedharanNew Roadmap! An exciting revision to Drunk On Nectar's roadmap is now underway! Planetary Ecology, Biomes and Plant Life are the game's new focus; these exciting additions will provide a larger context for the game's existing attractions…
Venugopalan SreedharanPraying Mantis Lifecycle Announced! Finally! It's time to flex those raptorial limbs, groom those sharp mandibles and strike from the shadows! The most iconic predator of the invertebrate world finally makes its way to Drunk On Nectar's…
Venugopalan Sreedharan{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/5b21936034ae570ab135c214a15caf00de536af1.jpg New Pupation Visuals! New visuals have been added for key moments in the Ladybug Lifecycle's including Pupation, Moulting and Metamorphosis Emergence, greatly…
Venugopalan SreedharanCelebrating Drunk On Nectar's 3rd Anniversary on Steam! :) {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26742086/ee75bf5206d5e7cd349b757ef3452bd4bf6328ca.jpg Rip-roaring Carnivorous Beetle larva action is here! Charming as an adult, terrifying as a larva, the most…
Venugopalan SreedharanThe Ladybug's Lifecycle is all set to become Drunk On Nectar's next major lifecycles update! Hatch as an egg, survive and grow as tiny larvae feeding on even tinier scale insects and enter your pupal stage to undergo an epic metamorphosis…
Venugopalan SreedharanA major patch was released yesterday for the Jumping Spider lifecycle bringing new content in the form of educational narratives for mating along with Major bugfixes, Performance boost for "Gen 2" and Gameplay rebalancing that makes it…
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26742086/f207afa0fe78266eca1245d845e20f88221f064e.jpg Lifecycle Complete! Concluding the Jumping Spider's epic life story, Mating & Reproduction is now here! Find a mate…
Patch notesThe next major update for Drunk On Nectar is underway! "Jumping Spider Mating" will wrap up the lifecycle of this iconic species and allow players to experience mating, egg laying and possibly some form of multi-generation gameplay similar…
Venugopalan SreedharanExperience a musical journey through Drunk On Nectar's latest and greatest updates! Please watch this freshly released 2019 trailer for the game below, your feedback is very welcome :) Drunk On Nectar 2019 Trailer - "The Nature Simulator"…
Venugopalan SreedharanSeveral improvements including rebalancing of predator interaction, visual and gameplay bugfixes and more come with this update. Watch the videos below for more! Developer Walkthrough Celebrating the release of Grasshopper Lifecycle, join…
Patch notesLife As Prey As DoN's first major update focusing on prey life, the Grasshopper Lifecycle includes Mating & Reproduction, Multiple Generations and plenty of exciting Prey-Predator action!…
Patch noteshttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26742086/306a820460f0735a1f91169ea7496b8f7e5a74c1.jpg Living as a swarm! Grasshopper Lifecycles Announced: Experience the Grasshopper's complete lifecycle in Drunk On…
Venugopalan Sreedharanhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/26742086/8206e957c7994962d65bc321324b7208ba48769b.jpg Play Act 3 Now! Experience the joy of Mating as Butterflies! Featuring unique Butterfly "Mating Rituals", Female "Egg…
Patch notesEverything 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.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
|---|---|---|
| Butterfly Skins - Drunk On Nectar | WindowsLinux | 19 Apr 2026 |
| Predator Skins - Drunk On Nectar | WindowsLinux | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Peacock Jumping Spider - Drunk On Nectar | WindowsLinux | 27 Feb 2026 |
| Nature And Life - Drunk On Nectar Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 12 Jul 2023 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (DX12) | DoN.exe | windows 64 | ||
| Launch | DoN.sh | linux 64 | ||
| (Vulkan) | DoN.exe | -vulkan | windows 64 | |
| (Compatibility Mode, DX11) | DoN.exe | -dx11 | windows 64 |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocal | DoN\Saved\SaveGames\VDBP | *.sav |
LinuxHome | .config/Epic/Saved/SaveGames/VDBP | *.sav |
WinAppDataLocal | DoN\Saved\Screenshots | *.png and below |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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