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Darwinia

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App ID 1500
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Introversion Software
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Last Changenumber 29853190
Last Record Update 2 July 2025 – 02:51:32 UTC ()
Release Date 1 December 2005 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
😏 76.36%
1k reviews
2
In-Game

Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious  awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.

Additional Information

Developer Introversion Software
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gamedir Darwinia
metacritic_name Darwinia
icon steam/games/icon_darwinia
controller_support full
metacritic_score 84
NoServers Yes
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ValidOSList Windows macOS Linux
GameManualURL http://www.darwinia.co.uk/extras/manual/DarwiniaManual.pdf
VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
developer_url http://www.introversion.co.uk/
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Publisher Introversion Software
Store Release Date 14 July 2005 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 1 December 2005 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 14 July 2005 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1121324400)
Store Asset Modification Time 19 May 2025 – 19:03:57 UTC () (1747681437)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 80
Detected Technologies (?) Sentry SDK
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:42:04 UTC (), in changelist #196282

Supported Languages

5 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
German Yes
French Yes
Italian Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes

Tags

🌱 Indie 🛡️ Tactical RPG 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 🔵 Wargame ▶️ Real Time Tactics 🧩 Puzzle 🌲 PvE 🌐 RTS 🌌 God Game 🕹 Arcade 💡 Strategy 🫠 Surreal 📚 Story Rich 🧊 3D 🤯 Abstract 🎨 Colorful 👾 Pixel Graphics 🎨 Stylized 🚀 Sci-fi 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Includes level editor Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Assets
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Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
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maxnumfiles 256
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/Saved Games/Darwinia/users *.txt
Linux (Override) ~/.darwinia/full-steam/users
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/Darwinia/full-steam/users
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