# Germination

Summer DB entity ID: 818451ad\-1671\-412e\-af66\-8647fac6fca5

Steam App ID: 428490

An astronaut has crash\-landed on an alien planet, and it's started to rain\.\.\. seeds\.  Germination is an arcade\-style platformer about surviving an onslaught of carnivorous flora by stomping on their heads\. Chain consecutive stomps to double\-jump endlessly and combo your way to bonuses and powerups\. You'll need to make precise work of your jumping \- the only platforms you'll find are your enemies' heads\.  Features:   Difficult campaign hiding a deadly boss\.   Endlessly\-looping Hard Mode for overachievers\.   Nursery with Unlockable Plant Biographies and artwork\.   Hand\-drawn pixel animations and original soundtrack\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Sullivan Boyd & Cadence Petersen

- Publisher: Sullivan Boyd & Cadence Petersen

- Release date: Apr 12, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_57fbc6a5ac5488b6d0068b67d2f7034b5ba5b229\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_7b1d09eb583e227f18a07d8be93db5128a22ec49\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_269444db880e203d705bd9302cedd4b0799b8f3c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_27bc57b19c050a8078cb241b1d1fd3177f05ee6c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_5de258b1be98e594559c701d6b3e91d514200128\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_06f409fd99f1833ea8292133df4765a804ac3ac6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_4d65f01b50a274df3d54535879b9614ade1be89a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/428490/ss\_2febfc313f10ab9562179abe4b753841441e8cd6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1577983042

- Price: 399 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 46

- Steam positive reviews: 35

- Steam negative reviews: 11

- Steam positive percentage: 76.08695652173913%

- 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/818451ad-1671-412e-af66-8647fac6fca5/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/818451ad-1671-412e-af66-8647fac6fca5/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\-22T08:16:10\.279056\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T08:16:11\.59877\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T08:16:11\.323006\+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/428490/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/818451ad-1671-412e-af66-8647fac6fca5)