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APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game about breeding, collecting, & conserving bees! Set in a series of lush environments, APICO uniquely combines resource gathering, biology, and beekeeping minigames, taking ideas from a mix of real-life and fantasy apiculture & floriculture.

Release DateMay 20, 2022
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)92.8% (very positive) Top 15% / 92.8%  Top 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)87.4% Top 10% / 87.7%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)936  Top 15% / 1.1K  Top 15%
Curators63 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time19.3 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar58 minutes  Top 25%
Followers9K  Top 10%
Owners± 55.6K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 49.9K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 630.6K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of APICO steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows APICO's Steam rating and reviews from May 2022 to December 2023. Steam's rating is very stable, varying from 93.9% (November 2022) to 92.4% (October 2023).

The 1.1K reviews Top 15% suggest that APICO might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The graph seems to be a long tailed distribution. That sometimes means that the marketing efforts were concentrated on the game launch, and that there was no major update or discounts after.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for APICO and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows APICO's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (77%), followed by Simplified Chinese (4%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 19 languages represented. The game is available in 8 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying APICO percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in APICO depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 50 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. A high negative review play time (median : 6 hours) could mean that APICO crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • window managements
  • crafting with open inventories
  • game flow without compromises
  • multiple inventory windows
  • access to a lot of inventories
  • last inventory closed by escape
  • craft with resources from any open inventory
  • beautiful effect on game flow
  • good UI design
  • not often explored production line
  • tense and grindy
  • small and tight game loop
  • combination of grind and timed nature
  • too stressful
  • crafting feels like it's from a decade ago
  • tedium that kept me from bees
  • didn't feel fun
  • too large yet too caged
  • focus on time manipulation
  • some frustrations with music notifications and unexplained things

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 92.8% rating  Top 15% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of APICO's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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