# Bacteria

Summer DB entity ID: 5f8dace9\-8c0f\-4d87\-be11\-1e31ed7b98bd

Steam App ID: 448470

'Bacteria' \- A new puzzle game from the creators of 'Energy Balance' and 'Energy Cycle'\.     This game is based on the rules of the cellular automaton ‘Life’ devised by John Horton Conway in 1970\.  \(You can read more about how it works in greater details here: http://en\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/Conway's\_Game\_of\_Life \)     In 'Bacteria' you have a square game field that is in some form of a stable state\.  You need to add in a certain number of cells so that, after a few steps, the field will be halted \(in colored mode\) or even cleared \(in "hard" black & white mode\)\.  You could draw in single points, or use standard 'Life' patterns like "Gliders" \(they move at an angle\) and "Lightweight spaceships \(LWSS\)" \(they move in a straight line\)\.     Depending on the difficulty level, the player can use a smaller area to add new cells\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Sometimes You

- Publisher: Sometimes You

- Release date: Mar 23, 2016

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Casual, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_07e9888be16ec16b996126c4fbb379464613076d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_c575455e57f0d4f5ce431e2bd3be61ad1c8a5711\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_33b76761e6e94d5a2a3759e981143cc1529c695a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_fab78e59f22b481a571d0777344e51330455cee4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_44846a6f0ad5c2141da4edfc99254e06c5ed0148\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_2199c3ced5179adf1acfe27e88e79e5ae8665225\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_3571275d29e59776ba3598eeda9b8f7ab303a521\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_0dc3df04305433177e8942caa31c6ae7218939f2\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_b6ec66a040cab1f73978b2eb9bc7adca9eacc0e5\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_43a11e3044b3022536a69e1c1b197e0ffd6bb848\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_6840d0e9dc4f812a1d11bba28cd5bf8053725ce1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_54a1afa3ded585a8560810757e3ce15856411259\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_b1f03a0b21410b3487762faa88c5217245afd7a6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_c790c1988d252bc040ccbb7c66cc60394955b9a4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_136237c3681c0b2a31143eef5f4c15fce45b747d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_c7bf46fbe8a355bcc10771a7d4513247ce5d0d18\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/448470/ss\_192fe3d136d4590246e71fd5e41efe185819cb78\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1760394142

- Price: 99 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 268

- Steam review count: 419

- Steam positive reviews: 242

- Steam negative reviews: 177

- Steam positive percentage: 57.756563245823386%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/5f8dace9-8c0f-4d87-be11-1e31ed7b98bd/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/5f8dace9-8c0f-4d87-be11-1e31ed7b98bd/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:33:20\.397536\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:33:21\.686228\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T09:33:21\.436731\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/448470/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/5f8dace9-8c0f-4d87-be11-1e31ed7b98bd)