APICO

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APICO

Short description

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.

Developer
ellraiser, TNgineers
Publisher
Whitethorn Games
Release
Fri, May 20, 2022
Price
$19.99
Reviews
1,594
Positive
92%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
100K – 200K
Concurrent players
30
Genres
Casual, Simulation
Features
Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, Save Anytime, Partial Controller Support
Tags
Exploration Management Sandbox Education Nature Immersive Sim Building Casual 2D Open World Cute Top-Down Relaxing Simulation Pixel Graphics Online Co-Op Singleplayer Colorful Indie Family Friendly
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$1.8msomewhere between $1.8m and $2.3m · roughly 100K–128K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $18.40, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $19.99 launch price. That is 8% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

4 data points since Jul 29, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$1.8m → ~$1.8m
Reviews 1,594 → 1,594
Price $3.99 → $19.99
Positive reviews 91.8% → 91.8%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 112 further data points reach back to May 1, 2022 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $3.99 on Dec 18, 2025.

How crowded is this niche?

How full the niche around APICO is — measured on the tags it leads with, against every other combination on Steam.

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