# The Sapling Summer DB entity ID: 787c5cfd\-6291\-4225\-91e1\-61141dc6aca7 Steam App ID: 997380 Design algae and plants Whether you want a small flower that glows in the dark, black algae specialized for planets without a lot of sunlight, or a forest of giant trees covered in spikes, it's up to you\. Design aquatic, land and flying animals Want a brightly colored fish that drags itself onto land to hide its eggs in burrows? Or perhaps a land animal that gives birth to live young and quickly runs from flower to flower to drink nectar? Or what about a flying carnivore specialized for diving and catching its prey underwater? Again, it's up to you\. Scenarios: learn the simulation step by step While the simulation in this game can be deep and complex, it's introduced to the player step by step; it never becomes overwhelming\. Each scenario tasks you to build an ecosystem that meets specific requirements, and introduces a small number of new concepts\. Sandbox: build your own planet The sandbox offers the same functionality as the scenarios \(but, obviously, with everything unlocked\), but also much more: play with the procedural planet generator to get the exact planet you want, whether it's a desert world, an underwater world, or whatever you come up with\. It even allows you to define up to 8 seasons to spice that ecosystem up a little\. While playing, you can continue to change things: the next ice age is always only a few clicks away\. Turn on random mutations and see what evolution does with your ecosystem The most exciting feature of the sandbox, at least according to solo dev Wessel Stoop, is random mutations \. See your algae, plants and animals evolve to quickly fill available niches, see how some species are outcompeted immediately while others bloom for thousands of years\.\.\. only to die out when their food source evolves a new trick to escape, and a completely different clade jumps in the now vacant niche\. ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Wessel Stoop - Publisher: Wessel Stoop - Release date: Dec 12, 2019 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Simulation, Early Access - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_8a215b56b48dbbd422cb5c8ff525261dfbe4221a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_af9191aa6d66356b316706763df1e93e16389bac\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_c9c324b989b6bc75d505cb3437728a42ba88255d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_392b0fc32e299784f11f4fb271c07258ed084430\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_e83fdfe0bef48c3faeb9473e42e699253d44c516\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_0e0af36e72b6cd062b51f442ec86b0d6e0708faf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_aec43c28b50cf62cdf551df000cc3e3982df4517\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_7177848725bc46c28e08a07b4ddbde247942a035\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_04bccfe49b90eb8ccfb3350029c7086c2dca5766\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_694103555ed3035a40091a3976d9725116d38f9e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/997380/ss\_f6442a12f41b1442b5253a713782c0e774a07ff2\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1786428022 - Price: 1799 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 29 - Steam review count: 2002 - Steam positive reviews: 1785 - Steam negative reviews: 217 - Steam positive percentage: 89.16083916083916% - 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/787c5cfd-6291-4225-91e1-61141dc6aca7/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/787c5cfd-6291-4225-91e1-61141dc6aca7/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\-24T00:03:32\.913528\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T00:03:34\.272204\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T00:03:33\.892708\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/997380/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/997380/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=997380","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/997380"\},"price":"2026\-09\-24T00:03:32\.913528\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-24T00:03:32\.913528\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-24T00:03:34\.272204\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-24T00:03:33\.892708\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"e2bf1e94\-4395\-4e9d\-a7a9\-816e1731f45a","catalog":"eaa95dd3\-9c38\-4846\-8b1f\-76b4a5a0fd02","details":"9ace2002\-bd04\-4458\-a889\-25a4af1a1bba","players":"9218aa7a\-3ab7\-4e38\-9268\-1cb60c4d239a","reviews":"a6a1079a\-f372\-4f24\-b080\-9322e34b7552"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"787c5cfd\-6291\-4225\-91e1\-61141dc6aca7","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} 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/997380/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/787c5cfd-6291-4225-91e1-61141dc6aca7)