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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 ()
❓ 80.49%
457 reviews
0
In-Game

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 ()
osarch empty string
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
  •  
  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 28 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4198310
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    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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header_image
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Assets
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timestamp23 November 2023 – 20:31:09 UTC
Trailers
256710130 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
809441 Windows 64-bitProtolife Win x64 243.95 MiB 121.23 MiB
809443 Windows 32-bitProtolife Win x86 210.82 MiB 113.13 MiB
809442 macOS Protolife Mac 561.84 MiB 116.03 MiB
809444 Linux 64-bitProtolife Linux x64 258.86 MiB 117.87 MiB
809445 Linux 32-bitProtolife Linux x86 265.16 MiB 120.43 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.50 GiB and total download size is 588.70 MiB.

Total size on disk is 454.77 MiB and total download size is 234.36 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 4198310 15 September 2019 – 18:57:09 UTC
no-overlay Disabled Steam Overlay 4199271 16 September 2019 – 08:36:40 UTC
unstable Unstable Changes 4198310 15 September 2019 – 18:41:25 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, Russian
workshopdepot SteamDB Unknown App 0 [UNPUBLISHED]
privatebranches 1
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