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.

| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 30 Oct, 11:06 UTC | 14 |
| 29 Oct, 11:05 UTC | 9 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchMay 2022 | 354 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onAugust 2022 | 28 | 7.9% | Loses players fast (better than 8% of 9,121 other games) |
| 12 months onMay 2023 | 110 | 31% | Holds players well (better than 68% of 7,653 other games) |
APICO kept 7.9% of the average players it had at its launch in May 2022 after 3 months and 31% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 19 Oct) | 14 | −6 | −29.6% | 28 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 19 | −16 | −45.4% | 41 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 35 | 0 | +1.2% | 69 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 35 | +6 | +22.2% | 65 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 28 | +3 | +12.2% | 72 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 25 | −1 | −5.4% | 54 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 27 | −5 | −17% | 52 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 32 | −16 | −32.7% | 69 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 48 | +9 | +22.8% | 107 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 39 | +8 | +25.7% | 94 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 31 | +3 | +12% | 84 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 28 | −4 | −13% | 58 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 32 | +1 | +2% | 61 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 31 | +1 | +1.7% | 79 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 31 | −6 | −15.6% | 90 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 36 | +2 | +4.3% | 83 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 35 | −12 | −25.2% | 87 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 47 | −13 | −22.3% | 129 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 60 | +20 | +49.3% | 171 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 40 | +7 | +21.7% | 83 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 33 | −5 | −14.3% | 79 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 38 | −6 | −12.9% | 94 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 44 | +14 | +48.1% | 101 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 30 | −4 | −12.6% | 73 |
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 34 | −5 | −12% | 76 |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | −2 | −3.9% | 103 |
| August 2024Aug 2024 | 40 | −27 | −39.7% | 88 |
| July 2024Jul 2024 | 67 | −33 | −33.3% | 120 |
| June 2024Jun 2024 | 101 | +16 | +19.2% | 309 |
| May 2024May 2024 | 84 | +58 | +222.8% | 184 |
| April 2024Apr 2024 | 26 | −15 | −35.9% | 70 |
| March 2024Mar 2024 | 41 | −20 | −32.9% | 94 |
| February 2024Feb 2024 | 61 | +21 | +52% | 162 |
| January 2024Jan 2024 | 40 | +3 | +8.5% | 97 |
| December 2023Dec 2023 | 37 | −9 | −19.8% | 95 |
| November 2023Nov 2023 | 46 | −31 | −40.6% | 105 |
| October 2023Oct 2023 | 77 | +39 | +100% | 214 |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 39 | 0 | −1% | 214 |
| August 2023Aug 2023 | 39 | 0 | +0.5% | 114 |
| July 2023Jul 2023 | 39 | −11 | −22.9% | 85 |
| June 2023Jun 2023 | 50 | −60 | −54.3% | 122 |
| May 2023May 2023 | 110 | +90 | +436.9% | 617 |
| April 2023Apr 2023 | 21 | −4 | −16.8% | 43 |
| March 2023Mar 2023 | 25 | +1 | +4.1% | 53 |
| February 2023Feb 2023 | 24 | −8 | −25.4% | 49 |
| January 2023Jan 2023 | 32 | 0 | −1.3% | 85 |
| December 2022Dec 2022 | 32 | −11 | −25.8% | 83 |
| November 2022Nov 2022 | 43 | +29 | +198.7% | 180 |
| October 2022Oct 2022 | 15 | −5 | −25.8% | 42 |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | −8 | −29.7% | 62 |
| August 2022Aug 2022 | 28 | −18 | −39.5% | 67 |
| July 2022Jul 2022 | 46 | −64 | −58.1% | 99 |
| June 2022Jun 2022 | 110 | −244 | −69% | 329 |
| May 2022May 2022 | 354 | — | — | 635 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.