# Mendel

Summer DB entity ID: 716c1589\-6172\-4160\-8de1\-229d94998b71

Steam App ID: 899340

Mendel is a science creativity sandbox\. Pilot a probe on a far away planet, gathering samples from the weird native flowers and breeding them together to make new hybrids\. Watch their genes merge and mutate, just like those of our own world, producing strange new creations to grow in your alien gardens\.    Grow your own  Proteus \. There are no goals, no objectives, no pressure\. Just a peaceful sandbox in which to experiment, create, and relax\.   Tens of thousands of possible surreal plants   Watch your plants change and mutate as their genes combine and rearrange, just like those or our own world   Inspired by science\! Mendel is the first game to receive the Alfred P Sloan Foundation Public Understanding prize, because they recognized a commitment to showing how beautiful the world of genetics is\.    "It was kind of like bubble wrap\. You really get into it and can’t stop planting and trying to make them do things\."  \-Nathalie Lawhead, creator of Tetrageddon and Everything Is Going To Be Ok   "Mendel is a beautiful game of digital exploration, inviting experimentation, reflection and calm\."  \- Jacob Wood, Indie Hangover

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Owen Bell

- Publisher: Owen Bell

- Release date: Sep 6, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie, Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/899340/ss\_a6e1953b2eef4bda80cb58f90282167eabbc55f0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1536525353, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/899340/ss\_5c818e9569b371cffe4418a03934d30b60d32793\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1536525353, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/899340/ss\_5da1471464f21fd4050beffc31ad391f2d0bb9e4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1536525353, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/899340/ss\_f760baff4e7bf5a50404e6b632fc6f6810556577\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1536525353, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/899340/ss\_1f4638ce01f3e936e4fe112c849832b3e434fc29\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1536525353, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/899340/ss\_0aa1437b0411d96fe1322a65ec6e29e348e99257\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1536525353

- Price: 999 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 18

- Steam positive reviews: 18

- Steam negative reviews: 0

- Steam positive percentage: 100%

- 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/716c1589-6172-4160-8de1-229d94998b71/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/716c1589-6172-4160-8de1-229d94998b71/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\-23T16:41:58\.469577\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T16:42:01\.217414\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T16:42:00\.4335\+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.

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