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Protolife

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App ID 809440
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Volcanic Giraffe
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Last Changenumber 28979046
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 10:57:38 UTC ()
Release Date 15 June 2018 – 17:01:59 UTC ()
❓ 80.36%
459 reviews
0
In-Game
🏰 Tower Defense 👾 Pixel Graphics 🌐 RTS 💡 Strategy 🏠 Base Building

Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

Additional Information

Developer Volcanic Giraffe
metacritic_name Protolife
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Volcanic Giraffe
Store Release Date 15 June 2018 – 17:02:09 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/VolcanicGiraffe
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 15 June 2018 – 17:01:59 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2022 – 16:28:08 UTC () (1667060888)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 86
Detected Technologies (?) Greenworks SDK, NWJS SDK, NodeJS SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 28 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4198310
  • configuration:
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    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 15 February 2018 – 20:08:48 UTC (), in changelist #4066854

Supported Languages

2 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

🏰 Tower Defense 👾 Pixel Graphics 🌐 RTS 💡 Strategy 🏠 Base Building 🌱 Indie 🚀 Sci-fi 👤 Singleplayer 👽 Aliens 🗺️ Top-Down 👾 Retro 🌫 Atmospheric 😨 Dark

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Includes level editor Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp23 November 2023 – 20:31:09 UTC

Trailer 149486 ↴

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timestamp 1 March 2018 – 07:36:44 UTC

Steam charts

  • 0 players right now
  • 2 24-hour peak
  • 230 all-time peak 16 June 2018
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  • 1,292 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • ❓ Very Positive
  • 80.36% SteamDB Rating
  • 395 86.1% positive reviews
  • 64 13.9% negative reviews

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Protolife had an all-time peak of 230 concurrent players on 16 June 2018.

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