Proteus overview

Overview

Proteus comes from Ed Key and David Kanaga and is published by Twisted Tree. It arrived on Steam on Jan 30, 2013, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Proteus's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 6 October 2026 - 15:17:01 UTC, with a tracked peak near 286. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 76% positive across 2,784 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Proteus is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Proteus has sold up to 193,000 units and has 1,421 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,200,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Proteus overview details

Proteus combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Steam Big Picture Mode About the Game Proteus is a game about exploration and immersion in a dream-like island world where the soundtrack to your play is created by your surroundings. Played in first-person, the primary means of interaction is simply your presence in the world and how you observe it. The procedurally generated islands are home to creatures natural and imagined, tranquil valleys and ruins with magical properties. Key Features: Meditative play: the responsive world and lack of any text or hints distils an essence of curious, investigative play, and rewards patience and immersion. Dynamic soundtrack composed by award-winning musician David Kanaga follows the mood of the world and will appeal to fans of Boards of Canada, Brian Eno. A distinctive 2D-but-3D graphical style with wild shifting palettes that sits somewhere between 8-bit videogames and early 20th century modernist painting. Islands are uniquely generated every time, and although it's theoretically possible to see everything in one playthrough, no-one ever does. Built-in "postcard" function encodes world data into each screenshot, allowing islands and discoveries to be saved and shared.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Proteus is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Full controller support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure, Casual, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 6 October 2026 - 15:17:01 UTC, a tracked peak of 286, and 76% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ExplorationWalking SimulatorRelaxingIndieCasualProcedural GenerationExperimentalFirst-PersonBeautifulAdventureAtmosphericSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackPixel GraphicsOpen World

Support and legal notes

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