Released May 20, 2022 $19.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

APICO

By ellraiser · published by Whitethorn Games

Exploration Management Sandbox Education Nature Immersive Sim Building Casual 2DOpen WorldCuteRelaxing

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Reviews 1,619 Very Positive

Players yesterday 30 at the busiest moment

Owners 100K–200K estimated

APICO is a game tagged Exploration, Management and Sandbox by ellraiser, released May 20, 2022. It has 1,619 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 100K–200K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Zoo Life Simulator, Retro Relics and Buzzoria.

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.

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Zoo Life Simulator 68% match · Management, Sandbox, Nature
Retro Relics 63% match · Exploration, Sandbox, Nature
Buzzoria 63% match · Exploration, Sandbox, Nature
Ant Keeping Simulator 63% match · Management, Sandbox, Education
A Story About Birds 61% match · Exploration, Management, Nature
Outpost On Syrinx 61% match · Exploration, Sandbox, Immersive Sim
Clay Monkey: The Master Potter and The Kiln God 60% match · Exploration, Education, Immersive Sim
LetDeco 60% match · Exploration, Sandbox, Nature
Scrap Planet 60% match · Exploration, Sandbox, Casual
Fins of Fortune 60% match · Exploration, Management, Sandbox

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for APICO · record updated 21 hours ago

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Overview

App ID1390190

Release dateMay 20, 2022

Last change number38092445

Last record update21 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: ellraiser, TNgineers
Publisher: Whitethorn Games
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: TNgineers
Website: tngineers.com/apico
Links: X Discord

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
French	Yes
Italian	Yes
German	Yes
Japanese	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Partial support

Single-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline co-opCross-platform multiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily SharingPartial controller support

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked2 days agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
24776032	public	Aug 17, 2026
24599407	last_patch	Aug 6, 2026
18843635	crystallum_lts2022	Jun 12, 2025
12596215	nautilus	May 8, 2024
9333559	apis	Sep 11, 2023
11079239	papilio	Sep 11, 2023

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
487838	APICO	1	$19.99
76023 Bundle	TNgineers Collection	3	$32.37
63124 Bundle	I LOVE BUGS	3	$38.22
77150 Bundle	Apico x Ova Magica	2	$44.98
72230 Bundle	Whitethorn Games Spring	5	$75.95

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
1390191	—	Linux	375.2 MB	330.1 MB	3986703070102566916
1390192	—	macOS	402.6 MB	338.8 MB	5844363121923482180
1390193	—	Linux	375.2 MB	330.1 MB	8499461508613813612
1390194	—	Windows	369.7 MB	329.3 MB	8747117724230321339

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	24776032	Aug 17, 2026	Open
last_patch This branch will always bee on the last version of the game relative to the current live version	24599407	Aug 6, 2026	Open
crystallum_lts2022 4.0 version of APICO before GameMaker LTS2026 update	18843635	Jun 12, 2025	Open
nautilus Archived version of the old 3.0 version of APICO (Nautilus 3.2.2)	12596215	May 8, 2024	Open
apis Archived version of the old 1.0 version of APICO (Apis 1.4.3 HF1)	9333559	Sep 11, 2023	Open
papilio Archived version of the old 2.0 version of APICO (Papilio 2.2.3)	11079239	Sep 11, 2023	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/APICO

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
APICO.exe		Windows
run.sh		Linux
APICO.app\Contents\MacOS\APICO		macOS

Space per player9.31 GB

Filesup to 100

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocal	APICO	*	All

Achievements

Achievements7213 hidden

Most unlocked84.5%First Steps

Rarest1.8%Finally Free

First Steps Complete the introduction quests in Grandpa's Guide 84.5%
Following In Their Footsteps Complete 15 different chapters in Grandpa's Guide 69%
Plant Some Darn Trees Chop down a lot of trees and annoy a lot of forest spirits 61.3%
Learning The Ropes Discover your first new bee species 61.2%
Commitment and Sheer Will Who needs tools to chop down trees when you have fists? 55.2%
Ooh Shiny Find a blessed species variant 52.2%
Kiss From A Rose Discover your first flower species 47.5%
Ooops Forget to put away your hammer and cause an... accident 43.4%
No Rest Stay up for days on end, powered purely by your love of beekeeping 36.6%
An Army Of Beeatrice Make an entire army of bees with Beeatrice 36.1%
Fizzy Whizzy Let's Get Busy! Create and bottle your very own home-made Apicola 32.1%
Gotta Catch'em All! Catch your first butterfly species 28.7%
Breaking News Fully conservate a bee species by getting it's status to Thriving 28.6%
Like Clockwork Craft all 4 clockwork machines 27.7%
What're Ya Buying? Buy something from a stranger 22.1%
It Came To Me In A Dream Discover the mysterious Dream Bee 21.3%
Who Needs Boats? Hidden achievement 19.6%
Living in Each Other's Pockets Use a hammer on something you didn't expect could be hammered 17.7%

All 72 achievements

Flower Power Discover half the different species of flower 17.5%
Larva Fully repopulate a butterfly species 17.1%
Scrooge McBee Save up an eye-watering amount of Rubees 15.7%
Hivemother's Favour Find half of the blessed species variants 15%
Keeping Is In Our Blood Discover half of the different species of bees 14.6%
Checking In Discover your first new solitary bee species 10.9%
Powered By Bees Purchase all 3 honeycore machines 10.6%
Life... Finds A Way... Uncover the forgotten Jurassic Bee 10.3%
A Keeper Through And Through Complete all chapters of Grandpa's Guide 9.6%
Music Makes Me Lose Control Play a music track on a Jukebox 9.6%
Teach A Bee To Fish Catch yourself your first fish 9.6%
What Do We Do With a Drunken Sailor Complete 5 quests for Skipper at the Town Noticeboard 9.3%
UNKNOWN_BEE_EXCEPTION Hidden achievement 9.3%
Starting Anew Fully repopulate a solitary bee species 9.1%
Can't See The Wood For The Trees Plant so many darn trees 9%
Road To Recovery Restore the yellow topaz coral reef 7.9%
Out Of The Woods Restore the red ruby coral reef 7.8%
Lost In The Dream Hidden achievement 7.6%
I Chose The Impossible Dive down into the depths of the ocean... 7.6%
Making Headlines Fully conservate half of the bee species by getting their status to Thriving 7.5%
Hehehe... Thank You Buy something for an extortionate amount from a stranger 7.4%
On The Mend Restore the green emerald coral reef 7.1%
Like A Broken Record Refine sludge to find a little treat 6.2%
Green Thumb Discover all species of flower 6%
Spick And Span Clean up one of the patches of sludges on the sea floor 5.6%
The Land That Time Forgot Hidden achievement 5.5%
Butter Me Up Catch half of all the butterfly species 5.2%
The Hero APICO Needs Complete 5 quests for the town at the Town Noticeboard 5%
The Same Old Song And Dance Refine sludge to find all 6 little treats 5%
Master Apiarist Discover all different species of bees 4.8%
Squeeky Clean Clean up all patches of sludge on the sea floor 4.8%
404_CANT_BELIEVE_NOT_BUTTER Hidden achievement 4.7%
Truly Divine Hidden achievement 4.6%
Holy Orders Find all blessed species variants 4.2%
Living Legend Fully conservate all bee species by getting all their statuses to Thriving 3.9%
Room Service Discover half of all solitary bees species 3.7%
Pupa Fully repopulate half of all the butterfly species 3.4%
Moth To A Flame Hidden achievement 3.4%
Doctors Orders Complete 5 quests for Beenjamin at the Town Noticeboard 3.3%
Number 1 Fan Collect all the music tracks 3.3%
A Second Chance Fully repopulate half of all the solitary bee species 3.3%
Nothing But Net Catch all of the butterfly species 3.1%
Plenty More Fish In The Sea Complete half of the Captain's Board 2.9%
Open Door Policy Hidden achievement 2.9%
Full Board Discover all the solitary bee species 2.8%
ALL_YOUR_BEES_BEELONG_TO_US Hidden achievement 2.6%
Imago Fully repopulate all of the butterfly species 2.5%
Begin Again Fully repopulate all the solitary bee species 2.5%
Totally Obsessed Hidden achievement 2.3%
Like A Fish To Water Complete all of the Captain's Board 2.3%
PROPERTY_FISH_IS_UNDEFINED Hidden achievement 2.3%
Keeper: Ascend Hidden achievement 2%
Catch Of The Century Discover all bumblebee variants of fish 1.8%
Finally Free Hidden achievement 1.8%