Plankton
| App ID | 542550 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | PanGuoJun |
| Publisher | PanGuoJun |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS |
| Technologies | Cocos Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 31914021 |
| Last Record Update | 26 October 2025 – 23:18:31 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 28 October 2016 – 01:10:57 UTC ( |
Minimalist style game : plankton simulation, an electronic pet generated by math codes. Under your care it will slowly grow up and evolve.
Additional Information
| Developer | PanGuoJun | |||
| metacritic_name | Plankton | |||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||
| ReleaseState | released | |||
| Publisher | PanGuoJun | |||
| Store Release Date | 27 October 2016 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| osarch | empty string | |||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||
| Primary Genre | Indie (23) | |||
| Store Genres | Casual (4), Indie (23), Simulation (28) | |||
| Steam Release Date | 28 October 2016 – 01:10:57 UTC ( |
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| Original Release Date | 27 October 2016 – 07:00:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 25 December 2019 – 07:27:43 UTC ( |
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| review_score | 5 | |||
| review_percentage | 68 | |||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Cocos Engine, cURL SDK | |||
| restricted_countries | DE Germany |
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| First seen on SteamDB | 11 October 2016 – 01:25:20 UTC ( |
Supported Languages
| 2 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| clienticns | 04e2be42e2fb95b916317b3dd778dfbabd58c1a5 | ||||||||||||||||
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| trailer_name | Plankton en |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256672668/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256672668/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256672668/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256672668/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 542550/76573/d252375c564323f2e46b4e4bd7db1de323562f7d/1751299700/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 542550/76573/d252375c564323f2e46b4e4bd7db1de323562f7d/1751299700/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 542550/76573/d252375c564323f2e46b4e4bd7db1de323562f7d/1751299700/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 542550/76573/d252375c564323f2e46b4e4bd7db1de323562f7d/1751299700/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 542550/76573/d252375c564323f2e46b4e4bd7db1de323562f7d/1751299700/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256672668/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256672668/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 9 January 2017 – 11:45:38 UTC |
| trailer_name | plankton_en_new |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256681871/movie480.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256681871/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256681871/movie_max.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256681871/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 542550/95609/c944f19774db7fad6d2fb84fa8d9164b3ce216e8/1751299704/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 542550/95609/c944f19774db7fad6d2fb84fa8d9164b3ce216e8/1751299704/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 542550/95609/c944f19774db7fad6d2fb84fa8d9164b3ce216e8/1751299704/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 542550/95609/c944f19774db7fad6d2fb84fa8d9164b3ce216e8/1751299704/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 542550/95609/c944f19774db7fad6d2fb84fa8d9164b3ce216e8/1751299704/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256681871/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256681871/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 25 March 2017 – 00:21:35 UTC |
Steam charts
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- 0 players right now
- 1 24-hour peak
- 794 all-time peak
4 July 2019
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- 0 24-hour peak
- 3,690 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~13.8 k by Gamalytic
- ~57.8 k by VG Insights
- ~488.0 k by PlayTracker
Monthly players breakdown
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User reviews history
Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 28 October 2016 | Steam Release | - |
| 24 May 2017 | ⇄ Indiegala: Hump Day Bundle #39 | - |
| 25 September 2017 | ⇄ DailyIndieGame: Super Bundle 118 | - |
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