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The Sapling

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App ID 997380
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Wessel Stoop
Supported Systems Windows Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30886532
Last Record Update 1 September 2025 – 14:51:41 UTC ()
Release Date 12 December 2019 – 10:30:42 UTC ()
😎 85.44%
1k reviews
52
In-Game
🧫 Life Sim 🧱 Sandbox 🌌 God Game 🔬 Science 🌿 Nature

The Sapling is a short simulation game where you design your own plants and animals, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!

Additional Information

Developer Wessel Stoop
metacritic_name The Sapling
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Wessel Stoop
Store Release Date 12 December 2019 – 10:30:52 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/thesaplinggame
https://www.youtube.com/thesapling/
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Simulation (28), Early Access (70)
Steam Release Date 12 December 2019 – 10:30:42 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 23 January 2024 – 11:29:17 UTC () (1706009357)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 15 January 2025 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 15545230
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Early Access Release Date 12 December 2019 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 8 December 2018 – 10:33:03 UTC (), in changelist #5523353

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

🧫 Life Sim 🧱 Sandbox 🌌 God Game 🔬 Science 🌿 Nature 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 🖥️ Simulation 🔀 Procedural Generation 🦖 Dinosaurs 👽 Aliens 🏫 Education 🧘 Relaxing 🌍 Open World 😌 Casual 👤 Singleplayer 🌫 Atmospheric 🐤 Early Access 🌱 Indie 🤏 Short 🌲 Survival

Categories

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
997381 Windows 32-bitThe Sapling Windows32 564.56 MiB 327.40 MiB
997384 Windows 64-bitThe Sapling Windows64 570.61 MiB 328.95 MiB
997382 Linux 64-bitThe Sapling Linux64 584.14 MiB 337.32 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.68 GiB and total download size is 993.67 MiB.

Total size on disk is 1.11 GiB and total download size is 656.35 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 19714690 24 August 2025 – 10:20:34 UTC
beta Experimental build for the new Scary & Sexy update 17818672 22 March 2025 – 06:45:10 UTC
foodfire Last build of the Food & Fire update: v11.31 15545230 25 January 2025 – 07:04:55 UTC
seasandbox Last build of the Sea & Sandbox update: v10.30 10754397 25 January 2025 – 07:05:09 UTC

Other

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hasdepotsindlc 1
baselanguages English
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